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ISBN
1250076226
Publication Year
2017
Type
Textbook
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Publication Name
Being Mortal : Medicine and What Matters in the End
Item Height
0.8in
Author
Atul Gawande
Item Length
8.1in
Publisher
Holt & Company, Henry
Item Width
5.4in
Item Weight
9 Oz
Number of Pages
304 Pages

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Named a Best Book of the Year by The Washington Post , The New York Times Book Review , NPR, and Chicago Tribune, now in paperback with a new reading group guide Medicine has triumphed in modern times, transforming the dangers of childbirth, injury, and disease from harrowing to manageable. But when it comes to the inescapable realities of aging and death, what medicine can do often runs counter to what it should. Through eye-opening research and gripping stories of his own patients and family, Gawande reveals the suffering this dynamic has produced. Nursing homes, devoted above all to safety, battle with residents over the food they are allowed to eat and the choices they are allowed to make. Doctors, uncomfortable discussing patients' anxieties about death, fall back on false hopes and treatments that are actually shortening lives instead of improving them. In his bestselling books, Atul Gawande, a practicing surgeon, has fearlessly revealed the struggles of his profession. Here he examines its ultimate limitations and failures--in his own practices as well as others'--as life draws to a close. Riveting, honest, and humane, Being Mortal shows how the ultimate goal is not a good death but a good life--all the way to the very end.

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Publisher
Holt & Company, Henry
ISBN-10
1250076226
ISBN-13
9781250076229
eBay Product ID (ePID)
208693642

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Author
Atul Gawande
Publication Name
Being Mortal : Medicine and What Matters in the End
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Publication Year
2017
Type
Textbook
Number of Pages
304 Pages

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Item Length
8.1in
Item Height
0.8in
Item Width
5.4in
Item Weight
9 Oz

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Being Mortal left me tearful, angry, and unable to stop talking about it for a week. . . . A surgeon himself, Gawande is eloquent about the inadequacy of medical school in preparing doctors to confront the subject of death with their patients. . . . it is rare to read a book that sparks with so much hard thinking., A needed call to action, a cautionary tale of what can go wrong, and often does, when a society fails to engage in a sustained discussion about aging and dying., Gawande displays the precision of his surgical craft and the compassion of a humanist . . . in a narrative that often attains the force and beauty of a novel . . . Only a precious few books have the power to open our eyes while they move us to tears. Atul Gawande has produced such a work. One hopes it is the spark that ignites some revolutionary changes in a field of medicine that ultimately touches each of us., Beautifully crafted . . . Being Mortal ?is a clear-eyed, informative exploration of what growing old means in the 21st'century . . . a book I cannot recommend highly enough. This should be mandatory reading for every American. . . . it provides a useful roadmap of what we can and should be doing to make the last years of life meaningful., Gawande's book is so impressive that one can believe that it may well [change the medical profession] . . . May it be widely read and inwardly digested., A deeply affecting, urgently important book--one not just about dying and the limits of medicine but about living to the last with autonomy, dignity, and joy., Being Mortal , Atul Gawande's masterful exploration of aging, death, and the medical profession's mishandling of both, is his best and most personal book yet., Gawande's book is so impressive that one can believe that it may well [change the medical profession] . . . May it be widely read and inwardly'digested., "Wise and deeply moving." -- Oliver Sacks "Illuminating." -- Janet Maslin, The New York Times "Beautifully written . . . In his newest and best book, Gawande has provided us with a moving and clear-eyed look at aging and death in our society, and at the harms we do in turning it into a medical problem, rather than a human one." -- The New York Review of Books "Gawande's book is so impressive that one can believe that it may well [change the medical profession] . . . May it be widely read and inwardly digested." -- Diana Athill, Financial Times (UK) " Being Mortal , Atul Gawande's masterful exploration of aging, death, and the medical profession's mishandling of both, is his best and most personal book yet." -- Boston Globe "American medicine, Being Mortal reminds us, has prepared itself for life but not for death. This is Atul Gawande's most powerful--and moving--book." -- Malcolm Gladwell "Beautifully crafted . . . Being Mortal is a clear-eyed, informative exploration of what growing old means in the 21st century . . . a book I cannot recommend highly enough. This should be mandatory reading for every American. . . . it provides a useful roadmap of what we can and should be doing to make the last years of life meaningful." -- Time.com "Masterful . . . Essential . . . For more than a decade, Atul Gawande has explored the fault lines of medicine . . . combining his years of experience as a surgeon with his gift for fluid, seemingly effortless storytelling . . . In Being Mortal , he turns his attention to his most important subject yet." -- Chicago Tribune "Powerful." -- New York Magazine "Atul Gawande's wise and courageous book raises the questions that none of us wants to think about . . . Remarkable." -- Peter Carey, The Sunday Times (UK) "A deeply affecting, urgently important book--one not just about dying and the limits of medicine but about living to the last with autonomy, dignity, and joy." -- Katherine Boo "Dr. Gawande's book is not of the kind that some doctors write, reminding us how grim the fact of death can be. Rather, he shows how patients in the terminal phase of their illness can maintain important qualities of life." -- Wall Street Journal " Being Mortal left me tearful, angry, and unable to stop talking about it for a week. . . . A surgeon himself, Gawande is eloquent about the inadequacy of medical school in preparing doctors to confront the subject of death with their patients. . . . it is rare to read a book that sparks with so much hard thinking." -- Nature "Eloquent, moving." -- The Economist "Beautiful." -- New Republic "Gawande displays the precision of his surgical craft and the compassion of a humanist . . . in a narrative that often attains the force and beauty of a novel . . . Only a precious few books have the power to open our eyes while they move us to tears. Atul Gawande has produced such a work. One hopes it is the spark that ignites some revolutionary changes in a field of medicine that ultimately touches each of us." -- Shelf Awareness "A needed call to action, a cautionary tale of what can go wrong, and often does, when a society fails to engage in a sustained discussion about aging and dying." -- San Francisco Chronicle, Beautifully crafted . . . Being Mortal is a clear-eyed, informative exploration of what growing old means in the 21st century . . . a book I cannot recommend highly enough. This should be mandatory reading for every American. . . . it provides a useful roadmap of what we can and should be doing to make the last years of life meaningful., Atul Gawande's wise and courageous book raises the questions that none of us wants to think about . . . Remarkable., Beautifully written . . . In his newest and best book, Gawande has provided us with a moving and clear-eyed look at aging and death in our society, and at the harms we do in turning it into a medical problem, rather than a human one., Dr. Gawande's book is not of the kind that some doctors write, reminding us how grim the fact of death can be. Rather, he shows how patients in the terminal phase of their illness can maintain important qualities of life., Masterful . . . Essential . . . For more than a decade, Atul Gawande has explored the fault lines of medicine . . . combining his years of experience as a surgeon with his gift for fluid, seemingly effortless storytelling . . . In Being Mortal , he turns his attention to his most important subject yet., American medicine, Being Mortal reminds us, has prepared itself for life but not for death. This is Atul Gawande's most powerful--and moving--book.
Table of Content
Introduction 1 1 * The Independent Self 11 2 * Things Fall Apart 25 3 * Dependence 55 4 * Assistance 79 5 * A Better Life 111 6 * Letting Go 149 7 * Hard Conversations 191 8 * Courage 231 Epilogue 259 Notes on Sources 265 Acknowledgments 279
Topic
Ethics, Gerontology, Death & Dying, Death, Grief, Bereavement, General, Critical Care, Diagnosis, Terminal Care, Health Policy, Nursing / Palliative Care
Dewey Decimal
616.02/9
Intended Audience
Trade
Dewey Edition
23
Illustrated
Yes
Genre
Family & Relationships, Medical, Social Science, Philosophy

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  • by jgrysban1
    Jul 31, 2018Top favorable review

    Life is short-read this book

    My Mother passed away in March of this year. A friend let me borrow this book, because I had read The Checklist Manifesto by the same author and loved it. This book is now a must-read for my children. I have passed it on to my Father, and my sister, whose father-in-law is living with them. With up close stories of end of life scenerios and perspective as a doctor, Mr. Gawande explores how we face death, how we try to prolong it with medicine, often at the expense of quality of life, what aging looks like in differing cultures and times, and where families often get it wrong when looking for a place for their elderly parent. I love this book. It has made me (now 57) consider more thoughtfully how to care for my father and prepare for my own decline should it come slowly. It is an ...

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  • by tapa9123
    Apr 17, 2019

    A MUST READ

    This book was recommended by a friend, as my 85 year old mother is going through some very difficult times. Not only has her world distinctly changed, so it goes for myself and four other siblings. The information contained within this book is easy to comprehend and I found it very insightful on the subject at hand. The stories within the book are real, therefore making it easy to relate with my journey. I highly recommend to everyone, as the majority of us will eventually encounter the process of accepting and coping with one or more aging parents.

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  • by hikayaker
    Jan 23, 2024

    Everyone with aging family should read this book.

    Asks thoughtful questions and provides compelling anecdotes. Understand, no one has answers to the questions he raises, but they are necessary to consider. Well written, interestingly presented, easy to read.

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  • by stehekin
    Jan 14, 2023

    Reading this book is like eating a huge Thanksgiving dinner. A lot to digest.

    I read this book and needed a copy of my own to re read, it is that good!!

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  • by karenthestarr143
    Sep 18, 2018

    Strange survey?

    Haven't really read it yet. It's a little early to have a survey about "content". I thought the survey was about the ease of purchasing the book.

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