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A review by alyssabookrecs
Being Mortal by Atul Gawande
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.
Graphic: Cancer, Death, Medical content, and Death of parent