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Summary of Being Mortal - Instaread Summaries
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Being Mortal, written by Atul Gawande, brings to light an array of concepts involving death, mortality, aging, and terminal illness. Gawande includes extensive research and chronicles the stories of his patients, other doctors’ patients, and his own family members. The resulting book informs readers about many circumstances and scenarios that can help people find the best route through their or their family members’ final days, months, or years.
Gawande runs through the history and practicality of common ways the sick and elderly live when taking care of themselves becomes unmanageable. These primarily include hospitals, nursing homes, assisted living, and hospice. He examines the positives and negatives of each while discussing the spectrum of autonomy each option allows. Autonomy is an important concept both to Gawande’s narrative and anyone who faces sickness, aging, and death. Gawande explores other concepts and scenarios faced by the dying, such as whether to pursue treatment to the end, despite the fact that those treatments could sacrifice quality of life or shorten life.
Interspersed throughout the book are personal stories weaved in and out of Gawande’s research, conceptual explanations, and analysis. These stories illustrate many of the different points he makes. Included is a detailed account of the end of his father’s life and his father’s struggle to maintain a life he could enjoy while battling a paralyzing tumor. Gawande calls for doctors to examine their
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