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Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End
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Dec 07, 2014
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This is brilliant. I'm having a good run of 5* books at the moment. Atul Gawande refers several times to The Death of Ivan Ilych so now I have to read that. I like it how one book leads to another sometimes.
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Ooh, I've seen several articles about this book and have it on my TBR. Glad to know it stands up to the Petra read. :)
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I've nearly finished it. Absolutely brilliant book that everyone with aging parents or aging themselves, especially if they are in the US should read. It gives so many more options for the last stages of life than people generally think of.
Good reminder. I really should read The Death of Ivan Ilych. I've been avoiding Tolstoy way too long. I got intimidated by War and Peace which I took a couple runs at but always bogged down in the war sections.
I loved Anna Karenina but had to skip over the didactic bits about the peasants. It was those bits that put me off reading any more Tolstoy - I read Dostoevesky instead. I've read The Death of Ivan Ilych but so long ago I don't remember it at all. (Forgetting things and reading glasses are appalling reminders of my own mortality).
Petra, I found Atul Gawande's book well worth the rave reviews & took part in a discussion group that compared notes on "Being Mortal". Beyond that, I emailed an M.D. friend & he responded that he'd already read it & also participated in a focus group to discuss the Gawande book at a local hospital. One hopes that "Being Mortal " will continue to be a powerful resource.
Quo wrote: "Petra, I found Atul Gawande's book well worth the rave reviews & took part in a discussion group that compared notes on "Being Mortal". Beyond that, I emailed an M.D. friend & he responded that he'..."Everything Gawande writes deserves the highest accolades. I am glad you enjoyed the book so much.
For those of us who have come to know and respect Dr. Gawande, there is a brand new interview available through Apple podcasts or CNNListen to Ep. 394 — Atul Gawande from The Axe Files with David Axelrod on Apple Podcasts. https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast...
HBalikov wrote: "For those of us who have come to know and respect Dr. Gawande, there is a brand new interview available Thank you for that. Great info!
Did you ever read The Death of Ivan Ilych? I read it this year and liked it a lot.
JimZ wrote: "Did you ever read The Death of Ivan Ilych? I read it this year and liked it a lot."Yes, I read it twice and reviewed the audio, The Death of Ivan IlychThe Death of Ivan Ilyich. The print was better though.
Yes, one book to another! Nice review Petra! 🙂
