Atul Gawande’s Being Mortal is both ambitious and synthetic, qualities that well suit his difficult subject, death. In Western culture, there are taboos against death because it fits neither into post-Enlightenment notions of progress and perfection nor into medical notions of control, even domination of human biology. Being Mortal: Illness, Medicine, and What Matters in the End, by Atul Gawande. Being Mortal: Illness, Medicine, and What Matters in the End, by Atul Gawande Anthropol Med. Dec;22(3) doi: / Epub Nov 6. Author Erica Borgstrom 1 Cited by: 8. #1 New York Times Bestseller In Being Mortal, bestselling author Atul Gawande tackles the hardest challenge of his profession: how medicine can not only improve life but also the process of its ending Medicine has triumphed in modern times, transforming birth, injury, and infectious disease from harrowing to manageable. But in the inevitable condition of aging and death, the goals of medicine /5(16K).
Preview — Being Mortal by Atul Gawande. Being Mortal Quotes Showing of "In the end, people don't view their life as merely the average of all its moments—which, after all, is mostly nothing much plus some sleep. For human beings, life is meaningful because it is a story. Being Mortal: Illness, Medicine, and What Matters in the End, by Atul Gawande. Being Mortal: Illness, Medicine, and What Matters in the End, by Atul Gawande Anthropol Med. Dec;22(3) doi: / Epub Nov 6. Author Erica Borgstrom 1. Many passages in "Being Mortal" will bring a lump to the throat, but Dr Gawande also visits places offering a better way to manage life's end ― Economist Published On: We have come to medicalize aging, frailty and death, treating them as if they were just one more medical problem to overcome.
Summary. Atul Gawande’s Being Mortal is both ambitious and synthetic, qualities that well suit his difficult subject, death. In Western culture, there are taboos against death because it fits neither into post-Enlightenment notions of progress and perfection nor into medical notions of control, even domination of human biology. Being Mortal: Illness, Medicine, and What Matters in the End, by Atul Gawande. Being Mortal: Illness, Medicine, and What Matters in the End, by 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. He suggests that medical care should focus on well-being rather than survival. Being Mortal has won awards, appeared on lists of best books, and been featured in a documentary.
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