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Being Mortal
by Atul Gawande
Surgeon Atul Gawande asks what matters most when life nears its end
2014Steady paceThoughtful
Medicine and what matters in the end
Surgeon Atul Gawande writes about aging, serious illness and the end of life. He draws on his patients and his own family to ask what medicine can and cannot do. The book looks at how doctors and families can help people live well to the end.
Who will enjoy it
Readers who enjoy narrative and idea-driven nonfiction.
More about this book
Who
Atul Gawande, a surgeon, and the patients and relatives he writes about.
World
Hospitals, nursing homes and family homes.
What makes it different
A doctor writes about the limits of his own profession.
Feel
Thoughtful and humane.
Facts
Genre
Nonfiction · Medicine · Aging · End of life
Length
283 pages · ≈ 8 h
About the author
Atul Gawande1 book on Tori BooksAtul Gawande is an American surgeon and writer on medicine and public health.Also in the collection: Best Books for Nurses
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Notes on Nursing
When Breath Becomes Air
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Cutting for Stone
A Farewell to Arms
The English Patient