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       Atul Gawande, BEING MORTAL 
       By: agate Date: September 17, 2022, 1:51 am
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       I'm reading BEING MORTAL: MEDICINE AND WHAT MATTERS IN THE END
       (2014) by Atul Gawande, MD. I don't want to use this forum to
       plug a book but this book is well worth reading--for anyone with
       concerns about end-of-life issues.  The author doesn't believe
       that nursing homes and assisted living facilities are the right
       way to treat people who need some help with their daily living
       activities.
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       Review of BEING MORTAL by Atul Gawande, MD
       By: agate Date: September 27, 2022, 1:25 am
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       This is from my book reviews blog:
       [quote][font=arial]BEING MORTAL: MEDICINE AND WHAT MATTERS IN
       THE END (2014)[/font]
       Although sometimes harrowing, the accounts presented by the
       author here are meant to illustrate an important point--that
       modern medical care as practiced in the US (and probably in
       quite a number of other countries) places too much emphasis on
       doing everything possible to save a human life.
       Dr. Gawande is in favor of more knowledge about when to back
       off, when to let a patient live out the remaining time in peace,
       without having to endure the many hospitalizations and ICU
       stays, surgeries and other procedures that are so often part of
       a seriously ill person's life towards the end.
       He also stresses that sometimes the patient would prefer
       palliative care to the more drastic measures that could be taken
       to save his life, but the family, in their zeal for keeping
       their loved one alive as long as possible manages to overrule
       that preference.
       He cites cases from his own experience and especially from his
       own family's, closing with a moving account of his father's
       traditional Hindu funeral.[/quote]
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