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Summary Of Being Mortal By Atul Gawande

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In the film “Being Mortal,” by Atul Gawande, it documents the focus on advance planning of the end of life. His book is known to be on the bestseller lists, and continues to influence and educate family and friends who go through critical life changing situations. Under these life or death circumstances, people have a difficult time dealing with it and have no clue what to do next. This film portrays how to overcome that barrier, the proper steps into hospice care, and valuing that person’s decision about their life. In the beginning, there was a story about Bill with brain tumor, and the doctor told him to get ready because anything can happen. He said, “I am not afraid of dying, but the suffering,” and that is what a lot of patients fear. Atul has been a surgeon for over a decade, and his father also passed away from cancer. As a doctor he is suppose to “fix” these problems, but you cannot solve aging and dying. It is the circle of life, and …show more content…

For example, Cathy said, “Often times what physicians say, patients do not want to hear them,” and that is where she comes along to explain and try to help them understand. Doctors feel like they wish they could do better, that is why they always try to offer all these options and look into new medicines and technology that could give families some relief. Cathy also mentions that when people are dying, these conversations should not be held off until the last minute and should be taken into more consideration early on before it is too late. What really stood out to me was that no one in the film wanted to pass away in the hospital, and all of them wanted to spend their last moments at home and with their families and friends. There was this one patient that wanted to pursue therapy if the doctors knew it would help, but if it did not, then he would rather be at home than have his last memories in the

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