Source: Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End
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Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End
Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End is a non-fiction book by American surgeon Atul Gawande. The book addresses end-of-life care, hospice care, and also contains Gawande's reflections and personal stories. Gawande chronicles the work of a hospice nurse on her rounds, a geriatrician in his clinic, and individuals reforming nursing homes.
“how we seek to spend our time may depend on how much time we perceive ourselves to have.”
Source: Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End
“Our ultimate goal, after all, is not a good death but a good life to the very end.”
Source: Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End
Source: Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End
Source: Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End
Source: Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End
