“ Being mortal “
During a recent consultation with my lovely palliative care doctor, who I respect enormously and who is a great help to me, he mentioned a book called being mortal by atul Gawande,
It discusses end of life choices about assisted living and the effect of medical procedures on terminally ill people. It challenges many traditionally held notions about the role of medicine, apparently it was a New York Times best seller. I have watched some videos on YouTube where he talks about the contents of the book which I found fascinating. There definitely seems to be a undercurrent of change in the world of medicine to provide better outcomes for patients where their choices and goals for any treatment are respected. I have included a link to the talk he did for google if anyone is interested in watching it. Also if anyone has read this book I would be interested in your thoughts.
It’s one of those subjects that until you are in this position you don’t really ever think about so this book was never on my radar.
