Being Mortal
Medicine and What Matters in the End
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Being Mortal
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Czyta:
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Robert Petkoff
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Autor:
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Atul Gawande
#1 New York Times Bestseller
In Being Mortal, bestselling author Atul Gawande tackles the hardest challenge of his profession: how medicine can not only improve life but also the process of its ending
Medicine has triumphed in modern times, transforming birth, injury, and infectious disease from harrowing to manageable. But in the inevitable condition of aging and death, the goals of medicine seem too frequently to run counter to the interest of the human spirit. Nursing homes, preoccupied with safety, pin patients into railed beds and wheelchairs. Hospitals isolate the dying, checking for vital signs long after the goals of cure have become moot. Doctors, committed to extending life, continue to carry out devastating procedures that in the end extend suffering.
Gawande, a practicing surgeon, addresses his profession's ultimate limitation, arguing that quality of life is the desired goal for patients and families. Gawande offers examples of freer, more socially fulfilling models for assisting the infirm and dependent elderly, and he explores the varieties of hospice care to demonstrate that a person's last weeks or months may be rich and dignified.
Full of eye-opening research and riveting storytelling, Being Mortal shows how the ultimate goal is not a good death but a good life—all the way to the very end.
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Life changing. Inspiring.
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Was Palliative Care vermag demonstriert Atul Gawande mit beeindruckenden Fallgeschichten, hochklassigen internationalen Studien und an seiner eigenen Familiengeschichte. Seine Ausflüge in die Praxis etwa der palliativen Altersmedizin und Pflege sind für jeden Praktiker von großem Nutzen. Ich sage euch: An Ihren Füßen sollt Ihr sie erkennen.
In der Sorge füreinander, in der Sorge umeinander erreicht eine Gesellschaft ihr höchstes Kulturniveau. Und so ist dieses Buch auch eine eminente Kulturkritik.
Being mortal ist ein hochkompetentes, erfahrungssattes und weises Buch. Geschrieben von einem leidenschaftlichen Arzt. Eine lohnende Lektüre für jeden Laien, für jeden Professionellen.
An ihren Füßen sollt Ihr sie erkennen
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I also really enjoyed the history lesson of where nursing homes came from and how they arose from hospital overflow to save money, rather than a will to make life better for the old. The history really shifts the perspective of what nursing homes do and points out how institutionalized they are.
I feel more prepared for hard situations, for myself and loved ones, after reading this. Gawande points out the importance of having hard conversations (do you understand what is happening, what do you want most out of life, what is the most you are willing to give up to meet those desires). Having these conversations early spares making the wrong decision or second guessing. I've also learned how valuable hospice is and how it's not giving up, as well as the grave importance of maintaining control over your life as best you can. After reading this I do not plan on every putting a loved one in a typical nursing home.
A profound book that all should read
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