Being Mortal: Illness, Medicine And What Matters In The End By Atul
Gawande (Paperback, 2015)

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For most of human history death was a common ever-present possibility It didn't matter whether you were five or fifty
- every day was a roll of the dice But now as medical advances push the boundaries of survival further each year we have become increasingly detached from the reality of being mortal So here is a book about the modern experience of mortality
- about what it's like to get old & die how medicine has changed this & how it hasn't where our ideas about death have gone wrong With his trademark mix of perceptiveness & sensitivity Atul Gawande outlines a story that crosses the globe as he examines his experiences as a surgeon & those of his patients & family & learns to accept the limits of what he can do Never before has aging been such an important topic The systems that we have put in place to manage our mortality are manifestly failing; but as Gawande reveals it doesn't have to be this way The ultimate goal after all is not a good death but a good life
- all the way to the very end Published in partnership with the Wellcome Collection WELLCOME COLLECTIONWellcome Collection is a free museum & library that aims to challenge how we think & feel about health Inspired by the medical objects & curiosities collected by Henry Wellcome it connects science medicine life & art Wellcome Collection exhibitions events & books explore a diverse range of subjects including consciousness forensic medicine emotions sexology identity & death Wellcome Collection is part of Wellcome a global charitable foundation that exists to improve health for everyone by helping great ideas to thrive funding over 14000 researchers & projects in more than 70 countries wellcomecollectionorg