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Being Mortal

Atul Gawande

  • 283 pages · about 5 hours
  • First published 2014
  • 31 editions
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1 About this book

Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End is a 2014 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.

  • Medicine
  • Attitudes
  • Social science
  • Medical ethics
  • Conduct of life
  • Attitude to Death
  • Elderly
  • Older people

2 About Atul Gawande

Born 1965

Atul Atmaram Gawande (born November 5, 1965) is an American surgeon, writer, and public health researcher. He practices general and endocrine surgery at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston, Massachusetts. He is a professor in the Department of Health Policy and Management at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health and the Samuel O. Thier Professor of Surgery at Harvard Medical School.

Bio adapted from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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