Summary: Atul Gawande's Being Mortal

Summary: Atul Gawande's Being Mortal
ISBN-10
0368305414
ISBN-13
9780368305412
Series
Summary
Category
Reference
Pages
52
Language
English
Published
2019-02-15
Publisher
Blurb
Author
Sarah Fields

Description

In his critically-acclaimed book Being Mortal, bestselling author Atul Gawande discusses the hardest challenge that the medical profession faces. That is, how medicine can not only improve life but how does it also improve the process of its ending. Medicine has many triumphs in modern times. This field has transformed birth, disease, and injury from being harrowing to getting more manageable. However, in the inevitable condition of aging and death, the medical field has goals that seem to often run counter to the common interest of the human spirit. Atul Gawande's Being Mortal is full of eye-opening research combined with riveting storytelling. Gawande asserts that the medical field can enhance and comfort our experience even to the very end, as it provides not only a good life but eventually, also a good end. In this comprehensive look into Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End by Atul Gawande, you'll gain insight with this essential resource as a guide to aid your discussions. Be prepared to lead with the following: More than 60 "done-for-you" discussion prompts available Discussion aid which includes a wealth of information and prompts Overall brief plot synopsis and author biography as refreshers Thought-provoking questions made for deeper examinations Creative exercises to foster alternate "if this was you" discussions And more! Please Note: This is a companion guide based on the work Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End by Atul Gawande not affiliated to the original work or author in any way and does not contain any text of the original work. Please purchase or read the original work first.

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