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Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End

Name: Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End
Author: Atul Gawande

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.

“Courage is strength in the face of knowledge of what is to be feared or hoped. Wisdom is prudent strength.”

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“how we seek to spend our time may depend on how much time we perceive ourselves to have.”

Atul Gawande book Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End

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“Our ultimate goal, after all, is not a good death but a good life to the very end.”

Atul Gawande book Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End

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“You may not control life's circumstances, but getting to be the author of your life means getting to control what you do with them.”

Atul Gawande book Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End

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