A review by reading_is_my_hobby
Being Mortal by Atul Gawande

5.0

#beingmortal is a must read. Even though it’s filled with sad stories of people’s last days, and more knowledge about the history of retirement homes than you ever wanted to know. Because it made me think about values and how that should should not only guide how we live, but how we die, and allow others to meet their end. It also has some vital points about #MedEd and the need to better train doctors on how to treat death and the dying.

“We’ve been wrong about what our job is in medicine. We think our job is to ensure health and survival. But really it is larger than that. It is to enable well-being. And well-being is about the reasons one wishes to be alive. Those reasons matter not just at the end of life, or when debility comes, but all along the way. Whenever serious sickness or injury strikes and your body or mind breaks down, the vital questions are the same: What is your understanding of the situation and its potential outcomes? What are your fears and what are your hopes? What are the trade-offs you are willing to make and not willing to make? And what is the course of action that best serves this understanding?”

And so many other excellent quotes, for those interested: http://theconversationproject.org/…/ten-best-quotes-from-a…/

#52booksin52weeks #wellbeing #wellness