Reviews tagging 'Death of parent'

Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End by Atul Gawande

40 reviews

bendercath's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative reflective sad medium-paced

4.0

So powerful and thought-provoking. My parents who are in their 80s and both had careers in medicine also read this. Everyone should read this book. However, the topic is very heavy so proceed with caution if you are currently having a difficult time. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Death of parent, and Medical content

brenreads's review against another edition

dark emotional inspiring sad slow-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Chronic illness, Cancer, Suicidal thoughts, and Terminal illness

Moderate: Abandonment

Minor: Dementia

electrickid's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

5.0

This changed my brain chemistry, inspiring both my life and clinical practice. A really interesting, thought provoking, and delicately powerful read. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content, Death, Death of parent, Cancer, Chronic illness, Terminal illness, Grief, and Dementia

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail and Medical trauma

alyssabookrecs's review against another edition

informative reflective slow-paced

2.0

It seems I’m in the minority of Storygraph ratings for Being Mortal, and I wish I liked this more. Some moments did shine, but that doesn’t outweigh the constant case study structure. I also wondered about if Gawande could have looked at socioeconomic status and access to medicine/treatment; in here it feels as if the status quo is that everyone has access to palliative and end-of-life care (and good care at that), but that isn’t always the case.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Cancer, Death, and Medical content

recorderkfk's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative reflective sad fast-paced

4.0

I cried a little at the end reading this. I'm 29 and have as of now, seen only two significant deaths in my life. Learning about the choices my parents went through for both of their fathers was no comparison at all to how thoroughly Atul Gawande talks about aging and dying in this book. 

It's the type of book that I think everyone should read, when they're in a good frame of mind to be both reflective analytical at how aging just suddenly becomes dying and the questions we face at the end of our lives, makes life worth living, what will really matter to us in the end. The book is full of a lot of patients stories making it accessible and less clinical. Highly recommend this book, and Gandhi's other book of the checklist manifesto.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Dysphoria, Medical content, and Medical trauma

Moderate: Death of parent and Excrement

Minor: Mental illness and Drug use

rigbylove's review against another edition

emotional informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

Such a beautiful book that has already opened a conversation with my aging mother (who is reading it). A must-read for everyone, especially healthcare workers. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Dementia, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Chronic illness, Death, and Death of parent

giannacolo's review against another edition

emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Vomit, Death of parent, Medical trauma, Death, Chronic illness, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, and Terminal illness

rachelm_'s review against another edition

challenging emotional informative reflective slow-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer and Death of parent

mothstrand's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Medical content, Death of parent, Cancer, Terminal illness, and Medical trauma

Moderate: Vomit and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Excrement

mars_h's review against another edition

challenging hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent