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    Being Mortal: by Atul Gawande | Conversation Starters: Daily Books
    Being Mortal: by Atul Gawande | Conversation Starters: Daily Books
    Being Mortal: by Atul Gawande | Conversation Starters: Daily Books
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    Being Mortal, Atul Gawande's latest medical book, tackles the difficult task of talking about topics of mortality and death. Gawande presents readers with his own experiences observing people in end-of-life care. He shows readers what end-of-life care is like in nursing homes, hospitals, assisted living homes, and hospice. He shows readers the downfall of a medical system that is solely focused on keeping the patient alive rather than focusing on their quality of life. Gawande gives readers a glimpse into what end-of-life care is like and the difficult decisions that must be made during this time through real-life stories of individuals and their families facing end-of-life care.
    Being Mortal became the basis for a “Frontline” documentary on the television network PBS in 2015. It received a longlist nomination for the Samuel Johnson Prize for Non-Fiction in 2014.

     

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    Release dateMay 5, 2016
    ISBN9781533758484
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