Highlights
Quality
A bit touching and sad with the story but definitely a good read!
Wonderful discussion about end-of-life decisions and the need to weigh proposed treatments with quality of life.
I am a 63 year old woman with no significant health issues, but dealing with the realization that someday i will die has been o... Read More
Having read the book by then, it had given me a deeper insight into what a terminally ill patient at that stage expects - being... Read More
Packaging/appearance
But the packaging came opened and one of the pairs had marks on them.
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This is a must read for anyone who may access the american health system and for all of us who will eventually die despite our best and worst efforts
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This book covers so many topics for discussion between adult children and their parents and between doctors and their parents
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Gawande shares really allow for the reader to gain a better understanding of meeting the needs of the person going through the end of life decisions and not focusing on their own wants
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This is a very touching and thoughtprovoking book
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Though the doctors had given them 3 to 6 months they survived for 2
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Had to read for school as a master level social worker
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So many important messages to contemplate though ones life and death
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I watched the documentary first then picked up the book which had so much more details and cases