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Illness, medicine, and what matters in the end by atul gawande, a book which formed the basis of the reith lectures entitled the future of medicine on bbc. May 11, 2017 here are my thoughts on being mortal by atul gawande. Excerpt from being mortal, by atul gawande excerpted from being mortal. Being mortal audiobook by atul gawande 9781427244246. Atul gawande has been a staff writer at the new yorker since 1998. He practices general and endocrine surgery at brigham and womens hospital in boston, massachusetts. Gawande examines how we can improve endoflife care, from developing better nursing homes to holding honest conversations in the doctors office. Medicine and what matters in the end metropolitan books. But nowhere is this drive to do better more important than in medicine, where lives are on the line with every decision.
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