Sunday, March 8, 2020

Atul Gawande on the end of life

I have been reading Atul Gawande in the New Yorker for years, but this is the first book of his that I read:


It was terrific!

I'm still young enough that I hadn't thought much about the issues he brings up:


  • Nursing homes and why they're generally awful
  • Assisted living's initial promise and how it's been adulterated
  • What happens when you add animals to an elder-care facility
  • How his grandfather lived to 110 without any of US-style elder care
  • Why everyone is different in choosing what a desirable end of life is
Recommended to anybody who's mortal ... i.e. all of us! Five stars!


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