Being Mortal by Atul Gawande

Being Mortal

Atul Gawande

424 pages first pub 2014 (editions)

nonfiction health sociology emotional informative reflective medium-paced

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Medicine has triumphed in modern times, transforming birth, injury, and infectious disease from harrowing to manageable. But in the inevitable condition of aging and death, the goals of medicine seem too frequently to run counter to the interest o...

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informative 90%
reflective 76%
emotional 62%
inspiring 41%
challenging 38%
sad 35%
hopeful 33%
dark 5%
funny 2%
tense 2%

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slow 17%
fast 8%

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