From the international bestselling author of Better, Complications and The Checklist Manifesto, a revolutionary and emotionally searing account of death, dying and medicine.
Atul Gawande is a surgeon, writer and public health researcher. He practices general and endocrine surgery at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston. He is also Professor of Surgery at Harvard Medical School and Professor in the Department of Health Policy and Management at the Harvard School of Public Health. He writes regularly for the New Yorker, and is the author of Better (9781861976574), Complications (9781846681325) and The Checklist Manifesto (9781846683145).
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, author of Behind the Beautiful Forevers*
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*
In this eloquent, moving book Atul Gawande ... explains how and why
modern medicine has turned the end of life into something so
horrible ... Many passages in "Being Mortal" will bring a lump to
the throat, but Dr Gawande also visits places offering a better way
to manage life's end
*Economist*
We have come to medicalize aging, frailty and death, treating them
as if they were just one more medical problem to overcome. It is
not just medicine that is needed in one's declining years, but life
-a life with meaning, a life as rich and full as possible under the
circumstances. Being Mortal is not only wise and deeply moving; it
is an essential and insightful book for our times, as one would
expect from Atul Gawande, one of our finest physician writers.
*Oliver Sacks*
... it is rare to read a book that sparks so much hard thinking. In
my case, it has opened to door to discussions with close relatives
about how they wish to spend their final days - conversations that
we should surely all be having, however difficult they are to
start
*Nature*
Gawande is hoping to change the medical profession, not human
nature, and to do so in a way that is important to us all. His book
is so impressive that one can believe that it may well contribute
to that end... May it be widely read and inwardly digested
*Financial Times*
Dr Gawande writes very well, his book Is deeply humane and I learnt
much from it
*Times*
Atul Gawande's wise and courageous book raises the questions that
none of us wants to think about...Gawande's concern and dedication
shine from every page... that alliance of human feeling with
medical knowledge aptly symbolises this remarkable book
*Sunday Times*
There is an extraordinary ethical tone to this book and it's a tone
that increases and magnifies ... I was in floods of tears, it was
so beautifully told. I think this is such an important book....
Everyone needs to read this book
*Saturday Review BBC Radio 4*
a book that everyone should read
*Saturday Review BBC Radio 4*
Beautifully written, humane, moving.
*Saturday Review BBC Radio 4*
an impassioned, broad-ranging and deeply personal exploration
*Guardian*
This humane and beautifully written book is a manifesto that could
radically improve the lives of the aged and the terminally ill
*Independent*
it is to his tremendous credit that Gawande has turned his
attention to mortality. We need people of such outstanding
intelligence and compassion to consider the ever-growing problems
associated with our ageing population.
*Spectator*
His latest book, written with is customary warmth and panache, is a
plea to the medical profession and the rest of us to shift away
from simply fighting for longer life towards fighting for the
things that make life meaningful
*Observer*
inspirational and humane, essential reading.
*Irish Times*
a fascinating blend of memoir, research, philosophy and personal
encounters with patients, he crafts precise, scalpel-sharp prose,
creating a powerful narrative about end-of-life choices.
*Sydney Morning Herald*
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