A Joosr Guide to... Being Mortal by Atul Gawande: Illness, Medicine and What Matters in the End
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More and more people are dying in nursing homes and hospitals, often alone and miserable. But there is a better way. Find out about the alternative choices you can make about your medical care to give you more comfort and control at the end of your life.
In Being Mortal Dr. Atul Gawande's discusses the struggle with mental and physical deterioration that most people experience as the end of their life draws near. We are often persuaded to make health care decisions that will prolong our lives as long as possible, without considering the amount of suffering that we might experience in the process. Dr. Gawande promotes his idea of a better way, in which we trade off a little bit more time for a much better quality of life until the end.
You will learn:
· How to stop unnecessary suffering in the healthcare system
· Why assisted living facilities are the best option for more freedom and a better quality of life
· How you can take control of the rest of your life with health decisions that will promote the most comfort until the very end.
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BEING MORTAL
BY ATUL GAWANDE
Illness, Medicine and What Matters in the End
Contents
What’s it about?
Medical treatment can only go so far
Asking the right questions can make all the difference
People today tend to outlive the functionality of their bodies
All people like to have some control and independence
Nursing homes and elderly facilities can feel like prisons
The elderly need assistance, but not to be controlled
Elderly facilities and services should improve the quality of life
Final summary
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What’s it about?
Surgeon Atul Gawande wrote Being Mortal to explore the reasons that people today die in nursing homes and hospitals, instead of surrounded by those they love in the comfort of their own homes. After all, it wasn’t so many decades ago that the standard was for Americans to pass away at home. But society has changed in many ways, and medical science has been swept right along with it.
A typical home no longer has multiple generations living within it, and