I read Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End because it was a book club pick. I would never ever have read this one on my own. I just felt it was too morbid. I don’t like nonfiction often and will rarely choose to read it. So I resisted this one.
But I read it. And I am so glad I did.
It was a powerful, thought-provoking book that was incredibly worthwhile.
I’m told Gawande’s other books are wonderful too so maybe this is the sign I need to pick one up.
His books are all awesome as was his Frontline Being Mortal show on PBS. A very kind and astute surgeon- I learned so much and have been a RN for almost 40 years~
I read this one, too. It’s depressing as heck, but since we, and everyone we love, will face these circumstances, it’s better to have conversations, as individuals and as a society, to make things better. The innovative nursing home described in the book is actually not too far from where I live and I had never heard the story!