A Personal Perspective: Ten years after its publication, Being Mortal by Atul Gawande remains as relevant as ever. Perhaps more so.
Families, caregivers, and doctors often avoid frank discussions of death. Atul Gawande seeks to change that.Being Mortal
He asks, “What does it mean to be good at taking care of people whose problems we cannot fix?” And then he makes it his mission to find out. There are better options, and he shows us many of them. There’s a nursing home in New York State that provides animals for patients to care for and has a children’s playground on site for a jolt of energy. And others throughout the country are designed to look and work like homes, not hospitals. Hospice has become a life-affirming option for those with terminal illnesses.
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