Reviews tagging 'Death'

Being Mortal by Atul Gawande

42 reviews

dylpicklez's review against another edition

informative reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer and Terminal illness

Moderate: Death and Death of parent

mothstrand's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Medical content, Death of parent, Cancer, Terminal illness, and Medical trauma

Moderate: Vomit and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Excrement

kjbreads's review against another edition

emotional informative medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death

fiadhnd's review against another edition

emotional informative reflective sad medium-paced

4.0

Being Mortal | Atul Gawande | Standalone | Nonfiction/Memoir | Audiobook | Dr Atul Gawande discusses elderly care and end of life care and reflects on death and dying. | Content Warning (CW) and Trigger Warnings (TW)

Spoiler

extensive medical scenes, illness, end of life care, death

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Chronic illness, Terminal illness, Medical content, and Death

thewileyseven's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful informative medium-paced

5.0

Extraordinary and essential. Spiritually, a beginning to the conversations of how acceptance and commitment theory can be applied to end-of-life care. I am positive I will be referring to this book regularly throughout the rest of my life. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Cancer, Terminal illness, Medical content, Medical trauma, Death, and Suicide

ca517's review against another edition

emotional informative

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Death of parent, and Terminal illness

milliemillz's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative reflective slow-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Terminal illness, Death, and Cancer

isabellew6's review against another edition

informative reflective sad medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Death, Death of parent, Chronic illness, and Medical content

Moderate: Grief and Dementia

Minor: Suicide

ulviyyask's review against another edition

challenging reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Medical content, Death, Medical trauma, Terminal illness, and Cancer

laheath's review against another edition

informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

5.0

Because I encounter this on a daily basis in my work, my professional opinions definitely influence my personal opinions. I see patients and families unprepared and struggling with end of life decisions, afraid they're going to make the wrong decisions, unsure what they're loved ones would have wanted because they never had those difficult conversations, or in complete denial and somehow convinced that their loved one can live forever with enough medical intervention which ultimately only causes more suffering.

This is a must-read for anyone facing a terminal diagnosis or planning for elder care. The author does not give specific instructions for any of this but stresses the importance of determining an individual's goals across the continuum of care. This helps to ensure personalized care and to prepare family members for what may be to come, allowing them time to accept the patient's wishes. Giving the patient some control and dignity during this final stage of life often goes hand in hand with their quality of life. The author uses examples from his own family and patients, as well as research articles, to demonstrate the profound effects of patient-centered care, including long-term care, assisted living, oncology, hospice and palliative care. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Death, Death of parent, Medical content, and Terminal illness