DebC:
Loved it... just like I loved his last book, Complications. His style is definitely easy to read and interesting and he is a good story-teller as everything seems to flow nicely. I thoroughly enjoyed this book (although it did depress me a bit seriously!) and would recommend to anyone interested in medical subjects... and anyone thinking of putting their mom or dad in a nursing home!
United States on Feb 01, 2024
Keith Kendall:
- Hospitals are setup to preserve life at all costs.
- Hospitals are (largely) impersonal.
- Death overtakes us all
- People approaching death should be asked what is important to them. What do they want out of their last bit of life? Many of those answers are individual. A common theme is that they would rather die at home. When it comes to crunch time, relatives typically opt for heroic measures, often even when the dying person has requested otherwise.
- Even though his father was a surgeon and he was a surgeon, handling end of life was difficult for them.
United States on Jan 25, 2024
Amit Kapur:
Such a different and enlightening perspective.
While everyone wishes for a quick and pain free death, that desire is most probably wishful for the majority. The book provides a reality check and a process to consider for the inevitable.
India on Jan 22, 2024
Mónica :
Excelente libro para reflexionar sobre la muerte y los últimos momentos de vida. La lectura es fácil, fluida y profunda.
Mexico on Nov 12, 2023
Christine S.:
a great book about aging! well written and thoughtful!
Canada on Nov 06, 2023
Fiammetta Zanetti:
Ottimo libro da leggere sia per chi lavora nel settore sanitario che per chi si interessa del tema del fine vita.
Italy on Apr 15, 2023
Pedro Henrique Fontenelle Albuquerque:
Bom produto, muito bom custo x benefício. O Vendedor é rápido e eficiente. Recomendado.
Brazil on Feb 14, 2023
John W. Pearson:
Apparently, I’m a slow learner.
You would think that when your daughter-in-law encourages you to read a book—you would read it. Ditto book recommendations from your wife.
Melinda and Joanne—sorry it took me a year to read this. But thank you. Because “Being Mortal” is now on my Top-10 book list for 2018.
In this riveting book, Dr. Atul Gawande reminds us: “People die only once.” So when facing fork-in-the-road sick and dying decisions, “They have no experience to draw on. They need doctors and nurses who are willing to have the hard discussions and say what they have seen, who will help people prepare for what is to come—and escape a warehouse oblivion that few really want.”
“Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End” changed—totally changed—my thoughts about end-of-life decisions. Whew. On one level, I agree that this New York Times bestseller (7,000 reviews on Amazon!) is a brilliant and deep look at the “…still unresolved argument about what the function of medicine really is—what, in other words, we should and should not be paying for doctors to do.” Yet on another surprising level, this...
United States on Nov 16, 2018
Pamela J.H.:
Doctor & public intellectual Atul Gawande’s 2014 book Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End basically deserves all the praise it receives. Although it is more about modern aging then about death per se, it certainly fit my mood at the moment. My father, a brain cancer patient in his mid-60s, has been given a push along on this path, so it was still helpful to me to think about aging and decline more generally (significant decline prior to death will happen even in most best-case scenarios — and anyways you can’t know in advance if it really won’t).
Being Mortal essentially provides a long, thoughtful, multi-faceted, historically-grounded complaint about the medicalization of aging and death, from someone who really knows and cares. Older adults may become less capable of caring for themselves in various ways, but for the most part they still want the things they always wanted: autonomy in their schedules and surroundings, community, privacy, a specific and concrete reason to get up in the morning. It’s a hell of a demand, to ask people to adjust to completely new surroundings and routines when they’ve never been older and/or...
United States on Aug 19, 2018
| Being Mortal: Examining the Impact of Medicine on Life's End | Being Mortal: A Look at Medicine and What Matters Most in the End | Uncovering the Mysteries of Life: A Doctor's Exploration of Near-Death Experiences | |
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| Sale off | $8 OFF | $8 OFF | $6 OFF |
| Total Reviews | 306 reviews | 306 reviews | 166 reviews |
| ISBN-10 | 1250076226 | 9780805095159 | 125026586X |
| Language | English | English | English |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1250076229 | 978-0805095159 | 978-1250265869 |
| Customer Reviews | 4.7 4.7 out of 5 stars 45,805 ratings var dpAcrHasRegisteredArcLinkClickAction; P.when.execute { if { dpAcrHasRegisteredArcLinkClickAction = true; A.declarative { if { ue.count || 0) + 1); } } ); } }); P.when.execute { A.declarative{ if { ue.count || 0) + 1); } }); }); | 4.7 4.7 out of 5 stars 45,805 ratings var dpAcrHasRegisteredArcLinkClickAction; P.when.execute { if { dpAcrHasRegisteredArcLinkClickAction = true; A.declarative { if { ue.count || 0) + 1); } } ); } }); P.when.execute { A.declarative{ if { ue.count || 0) + 1); } }); }); | 4.6 4.6 out of 5 stars 2,285 ratings var dpAcrHasRegisteredArcLinkClickAction; P.when.execute { if { dpAcrHasRegisteredArcLinkClickAction = true; A.declarative { if { ue.count || 0) + 1); } } ); } }); P.when.execute { A.declarative{ if { ue.count || 0) + 1); } }); }); |
| Dimensions | 5.4 x 0.85 x 8.1 inches | 5.8 x 1 x 8.55 inches | 5.4 x 0.7 x 8.2 inches |
| Hospice Care | Hospice Care | Hospice Care | |
| Sociology of Death (Books) | Sociology of Death | Sociology of Death | |
| Item Weight | 2.31 pounds | 2.31 pounds | 8 ounces |
| Health Policy (Books) | Health Policy | Health Policy | |
| Publisher | Metropolitan Books; Reprint edition | Metropolitan Books; 1st edition | Essentials |
| Best Sellers Rank | #1 in Health Policy #1 in Hospice Care #3 in Sociology of Death | #4 in Hospice Care #7 in Health Policy #24 in Sociology of Death | #18 in Near-Death Experiences #23 in Popular Neuropsychology #30 in Reincarnation |
| Paperback | 304 pages | 272 pages |
United States on Feb 01, 2024