ANISH KAUSHAL

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Being Mortal

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Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End
Atul Gawande

Summary

A fascinating book that speaks on the lessons you can learn from patients at the end of their lives, as well as how death should be handled.

Rating: 4/5

Notes

As you grow older, your focus shifts to here and now, to everyday pleasures and the people closest to you

Give the elderly a reason to live and purpose (animals in the nursing home)

Stop treating aging as a medical condition but think about purpose

Autonomy allows to be the authors of our life

The battle of being mortal is retaining the integrity of your life

When talking about end of life care, ask people what’s important to them

Don’t treat people based on a picture but think about their functionality

When talking to patients at the end of life, say ‘I am worried’

What is most important to you? What tradeoffs can you make?

Never accept limitations that stand in the way

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