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Editorial Reviews
Review
“Wise and deeply moving.” ―Oliver Sacks
“Illuminating.” ―Janet Maslin, The New York Times
“Beautifully written . . . In his newest and best book, Gawande has provided us with a moving and clear-eyed look at aging and death in our society, and at the harms we do in turning it into a medical problem, rather than a human one.” ―The New York Review of Books
“Gawande's book is so impressive that one can believe that it may well [change the medical profession] . . . May it be widely read and inwardly digested.” ―Diana Athill, Financial Times (UK)
“Being Mortal, Atul Gawande's masterful exploration of aging, death, and the medical profession's mishandling of both, is his best and most personal book yet.” ―Boston Globe
“American medicine, Being Mortal reminds us, has prepared itself for life but not for death. This is Atul Gawande's most powerful--and moving--book.” ―Malcolm Gladwell
“Beautifully crafted . . . Being Mortal is a clear-eyed, informative exploration of what growing old means in the 21st century . . . a book I cannot recommend highly enough. This should be mandatory reading for every American. . . . it provides a useful roadmap of what we can and should be doing to make the last years of life meaningful.” ―Time.com
“Masterful . . . Essential . . . For more than a decade, Atul Gawande has explored the fault lines of medicine . . . combining his years of experience as a surgeon with his gift for fluid, seemingly effortless storytelling . . . In Being Mortal, he turns his attention to his most important subject yet.” ―Chicago Tribune
“Powerful.” ―New York Magazine
“Atul Gawande's wise and courageous book raises the questions that none of us wants to think about . . . Remarkable.” ―Peter Carey, The Sunday Times (UK)
“A deeply affecting, urgently important book--one not just about dying and the limits of medicine but about living to the last with autonomy, dignity, and joy.” ―Katherine Boo
“Dr. Gawande's book is not of the kind that some doctors write, reminding us how grim the fact of death can be. Rather, he shows how patients in the terminal phase of their illness can maintain important qualities of life.” ―Wall Street Journal
“Being Mortal left me tearful, angry, and unable to stop talking about it for a week. . . . A surgeon himself, Gawande is eloquent about the inadequacy of medical school in preparing doctors to confront the subject of death with their patients. . . . it is rare to read a book that sparks with so much hard thinking.” ―Nature
“Eloquent, moving.” ―The Economist
“Beautiful.” ―New Republic
“Gawande displays the precision of his surgical craft and the compassion of a humanist . . . in a narrative that often attains the force and beauty of a novel . . . Only a precious few books have the power to open our eyes while they move us to tears. Atul Gawande has produced such a work. One hopes it is the spark that ignites some revolutionary changes in a field of medicine that ultimately touches each of us.” ―Shelf Awareness
“A needed call to action, a cautionary tale of what can go wrong, and often does, when a society fails to engage in a sustained discussion about aging and dying.” ―San Francisco Chronicle
About the Author
Reviews:
5.0 out of 5 stars Unique and insightful
This book is stunning. Clear, thoughtful, and at times hard to read, the book gives a first hand account of the author's experiences with end of life situations. His perspective is an unusual one; he's a clinician engaging with patients who are making end-of-life decisions or who were having others (such as well-meaning family members) make decisions for them. The situations are fascinating. His analyses, though they begin as medically-based, evolve into the thoughtful and humane. The book offers unique insights, and it's really well written.
5.0 out of 5 stars A Must Read book for Boomers and their loved ones..
The importance of this book is profound. He is saying what many have said before but he has a larger audience and a prestigious career. It is not unlike what a Harvard spokesperson, Dr. Jon Kabat Zinn has done for mindfulness meditation and the mind/body connection. The book explains the research studies in clear language, easily understood by the general public. This is not easy to do in science writing. he is a good storyteller and unlike some readers, I did not find the stories repetitive.The most critical review talks about what do we do instead of nursing homes, especially with elders who have no one who who wants to make the sacrifices of being the caregiver. It will be up to us boomers to start developing more Sanford apartments, Villages and Green homes in our own areas so that we can have more choices. If we leave it up to the investors and the medical system we will get more of the same, high cost assisted living for the affluent that emphasizes never getting sued over quality of life for the elder. Nursing homes emphasize routines that lead to "no falling" because that is a factor emphasized and financially rewarded by the institutional system. We will have to take charge of developing the alternatives.I have watched both my parents die in nursing homes and had to advocate for my parents against the "rules." In Georgia, I had to contact the ombudsperson assigned to my mother's nursing home so that her private caregivers would be allowed to move her to her bedside commode when she needed it, not when the staff had time. These are the unfriendly traditions that you do not even know you can do something about until you research it.I particularly think that the value of this book could be that it encourages families to have the hard conversations. Every family facing the physical decline of a loved one who will soon no longer be independent should read the book together and follow the guide for the conversations about "what matters most to you and what are you willing to trade off to get that? ..I liked his writing style, his humility about the confused role medicine plays, his alarm about the decline in the field of geriatric medicine and his practical approach and attempts to do better with patients. An honest and refreshing appraisal of the systems that will take over for us if we do not make a different plan.
5.0 out of 5 stars Emphasis on Quality of Living
I had not really thought through the issue of quality of living versus safety and medical interventions. BEING MORTAL has been so helpful to start the wheels turning in productive thinking ahead of my own and my husband's golden years and likely decline of our physical bodies. Much to think about after reading this! For anyone of any age who wants to have their views on aging well-thought out and well-formed before needing to make important decisions in this area.Easy to read. Though written by a physician-surgeon, it is understandable by anyone, with warmth and honesty in the writing. Many real-life examples, helpful and relevant.I worked as a nurse's aid at a state nursing home when I was in high school and still have vivid pictures in my mind of dear older folks spending their days doing nothing but sitting in wheelchairs in the hallways, of bare rooms, of institutional clothing and regulated mealtimes etc. Reading this, particularly some of the stories, and statistics on rate of decline in institutions as compared to at home care gives much to think about. Aging in place may be a new term, but the concept is the way things were done before the advent of nursing homes. (of course some cultures just left their sick elderly in the woods to die, but that's another story). What is new in our day is all the help available to make staying in one's home, or with family easier, practical (as far as possible), and so on. One has to ask, "is my family preparing to handle aging in a way that preserves quality of living as much as possible?This book may inspire some going into medicine to consider geriatric medicine, a field that is desparate for more doctors.Well, this read is a breath of fresh air in pointing out how quality of living just might be more important than safety or another medical prodecure. I will read it again as the years accumulate and I want to make good and wish choices for myself and my husband. I've already shared concepts and stories from it with my daughter. It was a great impetus to get us talking about our views for elder care and how we want to approach that if and when help is needed.
We can do this better, there is hope
Such a brilliant book written with such compassion and deep understanding.
Excelente libro. Todos lo deben leer
El tema es muy importante para todos. Nos ayuda a ver con nuevos ojos cómo enfrentamos las enfermedades y la vejez.
Un libro que ayuda a perder el miedo a la muerte
Es un libro que está escrito desde un punto de vista muy humano, a la vez que realista, estos dos factores, unidos a una prosa sencilla y clara hacen del libro un antídoto contra el miedo a la muerte, al menos es el sentimiento que produjo en mí que ya tengo 85 años.
a modern approach to the final chapter of our lives
This book addresses the inescapable fact called death, how we can face this with dignity, how medical profession can help us in this regard.The author is a surgeon at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston. He is also a successful writer on popular medicine.The book opens with an interesting statistic. In USA, till 1945, most deaths occurred at home. By the 1980s just 17% did. The rest died in hospitals. What is the reason behind this rather expensive ending? The answer ironically is the progress made in medical care.The author gives a scary description of ageing process. Teeth decay is most common. Jaw muscles lose about 40% of their mass and bones of the mandible lose about 20%. Ability to chew therefore declines. While our bones and teeth soften, rest of the body hardens. Blood vessels, joints, muscle and valves of the heart pick up substantial amounts of calcium and turn stiff. Since heart has to exert more to pump blood to these stiffened arteries, we all develop hyper tension. Lung capacity decreases. Even our brain shrinks and actually rattles inside making us vulnerable to cerebral bleeding even with minor head injuries. Eventually death becomes a question of when? Not If.Doctors are trained to keep patients alive as long as possible. They are never taught how to prepare people to die. They therefore subject you to all kinds of therapies and surgeries and prolong life. Should medical profession rethink its approach? Yes! Medical profession at least in developed countries have realized that longevity should be replaced with making life worth living even if it means shortening it. The author now gives various developments taking place and their shortcomings.Geriatrics specializes in Medicare for aged. Unfortunately this is not a glamorous branch like plastic surgery. Consequently doctors and institutions specializing in geriatrics are few in number.What can be a better option than a nursing home for the aged and debilitated? Comfortable bed, nursing care, timely medications, doctor on call and above all not being a burden on the children. On the face of it a nursing home appears ideal and several have come up to suit all budgets. The reality however is different. Old people hate nursing homes. The author explains why? Nursing home is two words. Not one. Besides nursing, it has to be home as well. Prisons, orphanages, mental hospitals and military barracks have striking similarities with nursing homes. It is a regimented life denying adults the much needed autonomy and self respect.Assisted living is a radical improvement over nursing homes. Inmates enjoy better autonomy. The group living concept helps in overcoming monotony. Management allows inmates to take certain risks. The underlying philosophy is happiness of the inmates rather than keeping them alive at any cost.Hospice is an institution that takes care of chronically or terminally ill. There are also hospices at home facilities. In USA it is legal to get consent of the inmate to these questions.Do you want to be rusticated if your heart stops?Do you want aggressive treatments such as intubation and mechanical ventilation?Do you want antibiotics?Do you want tube or intravenous feeding if you can’t eat on your own?The hospice also assists in framing a will and record last wishes of the patient.Hospice also provides palliative care to reduce pain and suffering by administering sedatives, pain killers, psychiatric drugs etc. There are approved procedures and WHO guidelines on palliative care.A modern trend that is gaining support is called physician assisted suicide (PAS). This should not be confused with euthanasia or mercy killing. In PAS the decision to die rests with the patient. The physician merely prescribes a lethal dose of barbiturates and the patient is free to take it whenever he desires. Assisted suicide is legal in the states of Oregon, Vermont and Washington in USA.The book ends on a philosophical note. Dr Gawande visits Varanasi to immerse ashes of his father in Holy Ganges.There is a saying in Hindi. “To attain Moksha, one has to die!” let us therefore accept that we are mortals and be happy about that fact.Being Mortal is good book. I strongly urge you to read it.
Omdat we nu eenmaal sterfelijk zijn
Een fantastisch boek. Lezen! De medische wereld denkt liefst in oplossingen, maar daardoor zijn we uit het oog verloren hoe we waardig kunnen sterven. We zijn nu eenmaal sterfelijk: het oprekken van leven met behandelingen, medicatie, operaties, is niet altijd dat waar iemand ook echt 'beter' van wordt. Wanneer stop je met behandelen? Hoe bespreek je dit met een patiënt? Een boek dat je eigenlijk al tijdens je studie Geneeskunde zou moeten lezen, liefst tijdens je masterfase en co-schappen!!!
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Editorial Reviews
Review
“Wise and deeply moving.” ―Oliver Sacks
“Illuminating.” ―Janet Maslin, The New York Times
“Beautifully written . . . In his newest and best book, Gawande has provided us with a moving and clear-eyed look at aging and death in our society, and at the harms we do in turning it into a medical problem, rather than a human one.” ―The New York Review of Books
“Gawande's book is so impressive that one can believe that it may well [change the medical profession] . . . May it be widely read and inwardly digested.” ―Diana Athill, Financial Times (UK)
“Being Mortal, Atul Gawande's masterful exploration of aging, death, and the medical profession's mishandling of both, is his best and most personal book yet.” ―Boston Globe
“American medicine, Being Mortal reminds us, has prepared itself for life but not for death. This is Atul Gawande's most powerful--and moving--book.” ―Malcolm Gladwell
“Beautifully crafted . . . Being Mortal is a clear-eyed, informative exploration of what growing old means in the 21st century . . . a book I cannot recommend highly enough. This should be mandatory reading for every American. . . . it provides a useful roadmap of what we can and should be doing to make the last years of life meaningful.” ―Time.com
“Masterful . . . Essential . . . For more than a decade, Atul Gawande has explored the fault lines of medicine . . . combining his years of experience as a surgeon with his gift for fluid, seemingly effortless storytelling . . . In Being Mortal, he turns his attention to his most important subject yet.” ―Chicago Tribune
“Powerful.” ―New York Magazine
“Atul Gawande's wise and courageous book raises the questions that none of us wants to think about . . . Remarkable.” ―Peter Carey, The Sunday Times (UK)
“A deeply affecting, urgently important book--one not just about dying and the limits of medicine but about living to the last with autonomy, dignity, and joy.” ―Katherine Boo
“Dr. Gawande's book is not of the kind that some doctors write, reminding us how grim the fact of death can be. Rather, he shows how patients in the terminal phase of their illness can maintain important qualities of life.” ―Wall Street Journal
“Being Mortal left me tearful, angry, and unable to stop talking about it for a week. . . . A surgeon himself, Gawande is eloquent about the inadequacy of medical school in preparing doctors to confront the subject of death with their patients. . . . it is rare to read a book that sparks with so much hard thinking.” ―Nature
“Eloquent, moving.” ―The Economist
“Beautiful.” ―New Republic
“Gawande displays the precision of his surgical craft and the compassion of a humanist . . . in a narrative that often attains the force and beauty of a novel . . . Only a precious few books have the power to open our eyes while they move us to tears. Atul Gawande has produced such a work. One hopes it is the spark that ignites some revolutionary changes in a field of medicine that ultimately touches each of us.” ―Shelf Awareness
“A needed call to action, a cautionary tale of what can go wrong, and often does, when a society fails to engage in a sustained discussion about aging and dying.” ―San Francisco Chronicle
About the Author
Reviews:
5.0 out of 5 stars Unique and insightful
This book is stunning. Clear, thoughtful, and at times hard to read, the book gives a first hand account of the author's experiences with end of life situations. His perspective is an unusual one; he's a clinician engaging with patients who are making end-of-life decisions or who were having others (such as well-meaning family members) make decisions for them. The situations are fascinating. His analyses, though they begin as medically-based, evolve into the thoughtful and humane. The book offers unique insights, and it's really well written.
5.0 out of 5 stars A Must Read book for Boomers and their loved ones..
The importance of this book is profound. He is saying what many have said before but he has a larger audience and a prestigious career. It is not unlike what a Harvard spokesperson, Dr. Jon Kabat Zinn has done for mindfulness meditation and the mind/body connection. The book explains the research studies in clear language, easily understood by the general public. This is not easy to do in science writing. he is a good storyteller and unlike some readers, I did not find the stories repetitive.The most critical review talks about what do we do instead of nursing homes, especially with elders who have no one who who wants to make the sacrifices of being the caregiver. It will be up to us boomers to start developing more Sanford apartments, Villages and Green homes in our own areas so that we can have more choices. If we leave it up to the investors and the medical system we will get more of the same, high cost assisted living for the affluent that emphasizes never getting sued over quality of life for the elder. Nursing homes emphasize routines that lead to "no falling" because that is a factor emphasized and financially rewarded by the institutional system. We will have to take charge of developing the alternatives.I have watched both my parents die in nursing homes and had to advocate for my parents against the "rules." In Georgia, I had to contact the ombudsperson assigned to my mother's nursing home so that her private caregivers would be allowed to move her to her bedside commode when she needed it, not when the staff had time. These are the unfriendly traditions that you do not even know you can do something about until you research it.I particularly think that the value of this book could be that it encourages families to have the hard conversations. Every family facing the physical decline of a loved one who will soon no longer be independent should read the book together and follow the guide for the conversations about "what matters most to you and what are you willing to trade off to get that? ..I liked his writing style, his humility about the confused role medicine plays, his alarm about the decline in the field of geriatric medicine and his practical approach and attempts to do better with patients. An honest and refreshing appraisal of the systems that will take over for us if we do not make a different plan.
5.0 out of 5 stars Emphasis on Quality of Living
I had not really thought through the issue of quality of living versus safety and medical interventions. BEING MORTAL has been so helpful to start the wheels turning in productive thinking ahead of my own and my husband's golden years and likely decline of our physical bodies. Much to think about after reading this! For anyone of any age who wants to have their views on aging well-thought out and well-formed before needing to make important decisions in this area.Easy to read. Though written by a physician-surgeon, it is understandable by anyone, with warmth and honesty in the writing. Many real-life examples, helpful and relevant.I worked as a nurse's aid at a state nursing home when I was in high school and still have vivid pictures in my mind of dear older folks spending their days doing nothing but sitting in wheelchairs in the hallways, of bare rooms, of institutional clothing and regulated mealtimes etc. Reading this, particularly some of the stories, and statistics on rate of decline in institutions as compared to at home care gives much to think about. Aging in place may be a new term, but the concept is the way things were done before the advent of nursing homes. (of course some cultures just left their sick elderly in the woods to die, but that's another story). What is new in our day is all the help available to make staying in one's home, or with family easier, practical (as far as possible), and so on. One has to ask, "is my family preparing to handle aging in a way that preserves quality of living as much as possible?This book may inspire some going into medicine to consider geriatric medicine, a field that is desparate for more doctors.Well, this read is a breath of fresh air in pointing out how quality of living just might be more important than safety or another medical prodecure. I will read it again as the years accumulate and I want to make good and wish choices for myself and my husband. I've already shared concepts and stories from it with my daughter. It was a great impetus to get us talking about our views for elder care and how we want to approach that if and when help is needed.
We can do this better, there is hope
Such a brilliant book written with such compassion and deep understanding.
Excelente libro. Todos lo deben leer
El tema es muy importante para todos. Nos ayuda a ver con nuevos ojos cómo enfrentamos las enfermedades y la vejez.
Un libro que ayuda a perder el miedo a la muerte
Es un libro que está escrito desde un punto de vista muy humano, a la vez que realista, estos dos factores, unidos a una prosa sencilla y clara hacen del libro un antídoto contra el miedo a la muerte, al menos es el sentimiento que produjo en mí que ya tengo 85 años.
a modern approach to the final chapter of our lives
This book addresses the inescapable fact called death, how we can face this with dignity, how medical profession can help us in this regard.The author is a surgeon at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston. He is also a successful writer on popular medicine.The book opens with an interesting statistic. In USA, till 1945, most deaths occurred at home. By the 1980s just 17% did. The rest died in hospitals. What is the reason behind this rather expensive ending? The answer ironically is the progress made in medical care.The author gives a scary description of ageing process. Teeth decay is most common. Jaw muscles lose about 40% of their mass and bones of the mandible lose about 20%. Ability to chew therefore declines. While our bones and teeth soften, rest of the body hardens. Blood vessels, joints, muscle and valves of the heart pick up substantial amounts of calcium and turn stiff. Since heart has to exert more to pump blood to these stiffened arteries, we all develop hyper tension. Lung capacity decreases. Even our brain shrinks and actually rattles inside making us vulnerable to cerebral bleeding even with minor head injuries. Eventually death becomes a question of when? Not If.Doctors are trained to keep patients alive as long as possible. They are never taught how to prepare people to die. They therefore subject you to all kinds of therapies and surgeries and prolong life. Should medical profession rethink its approach? Yes! Medical profession at least in developed countries have realized that longevity should be replaced with making life worth living even if it means shortening it. The author now gives various developments taking place and their shortcomings.Geriatrics specializes in Medicare for aged. Unfortunately this is not a glamorous branch like plastic surgery. Consequently doctors and institutions specializing in geriatrics are few in number.What can be a better option than a nursing home for the aged and debilitated? Comfortable bed, nursing care, timely medications, doctor on call and above all not being a burden on the children. On the face of it a nursing home appears ideal and several have come up to suit all budgets. The reality however is different. Old people hate nursing homes. The author explains why? Nursing home is two words. Not one. Besides nursing, it has to be home as well. Prisons, orphanages, mental hospitals and military barracks have striking similarities with nursing homes. It is a regimented life denying adults the much needed autonomy and self respect.Assisted living is a radical improvement over nursing homes. Inmates enjoy better autonomy. The group living concept helps in overcoming monotony. Management allows inmates to take certain risks. The underlying philosophy is happiness of the inmates rather than keeping them alive at any cost.Hospice is an institution that takes care of chronically or terminally ill. There are also hospices at home facilities. In USA it is legal to get consent of the inmate to these questions.Do you want to be rusticated if your heart stops?Do you want aggressive treatments such as intubation and mechanical ventilation?Do you want antibiotics?Do you want tube or intravenous feeding if you can’t eat on your own?The hospice also assists in framing a will and record last wishes of the patient.Hospice also provides palliative care to reduce pain and suffering by administering sedatives, pain killers, psychiatric drugs etc. There are approved procedures and WHO guidelines on palliative care.A modern trend that is gaining support is called physician assisted suicide (PAS). This should not be confused with euthanasia or mercy killing. In PAS the decision to die rests with the patient. The physician merely prescribes a lethal dose of barbiturates and the patient is free to take it whenever he desires. Assisted suicide is legal in the states of Oregon, Vermont and Washington in USA.The book ends on a philosophical note. Dr Gawande visits Varanasi to immerse ashes of his father in Holy Ganges.There is a saying in Hindi. “To attain Moksha, one has to die!” let us therefore accept that we are mortals and be happy about that fact.Being Mortal is good book. I strongly urge you to read it.
Omdat we nu eenmaal sterfelijk zijn
Een fantastisch boek. Lezen! De medische wereld denkt liefst in oplossingen, maar daardoor zijn we uit het oog verloren hoe we waardig kunnen sterven. We zijn nu eenmaal sterfelijk: het oprekken van leven met behandelingen, medicatie, operaties, is niet altijd dat waar iemand ook echt 'beter' van wordt. Wanneer stop je met behandelen? Hoe bespreek je dit met een patiënt? Een boek dat je eigenlijk al tijdens je studie Geneeskunde zou moeten lezen, liefst tijdens je masterfase en co-schappen!!!
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