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Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End
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Chinook
Mar 09, 2015 rated it it was amazing
This book is incredible. It's well-written and researched and has an incredibly emotional impact. I think readers will all see themselves and their families in this book. It's an incredibly important book to read and contemplate.

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If one were like my father, there's only the fight. One either survives or not, and there's no other choice. I wish he had been amenable to debate and persuasion. I wish I had read this book earlier so I could have armed myself with better arguments. It's too late now, and the wheel turns.

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