Being Mortal

Is it time the medical profession rethought its approach to the old and terminally ill? In what way? Should doctors be trained to prepare people to die rather than simply be kept alive as long as possible? In Being Mortal Atul Gawande addresses these questions and argues that an acceptance of mortality must lie at the heart of the way we treat the dying. Questioning profound and deeply moving Being Mortal is a must-read. About the Author Atul Gawande MD MPH is a surgeon writer and public health researcher. He has written four New York Times bestsellers Complications Better The Checklist Manifesto and most recently Being Mortal Medicine and What Matters in the End. He is the winner of two National Magazine Awards AcademyHealth’s Impact Award for highest research impact on healthcare a MacArthur Fellowship and the Lewis Thomas Award for writing about science.