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description: Being Mortal: Story Shortened into 35 minutes or less! Being Mortal is a book written by Atul Gawande and it is a book that closely observes concepts of death, aging and mortality. When trying to bring these topics to his readers as closest as possible, Gawande uses many examples from real life. Some of them include examples of case studies of his fellow doctors, while some of them include his own research, which he did while observing his own patients and even family members. This book is also a good guide for people who want to know how to live and how to help their family members through their last days, months or years of life. In his book, Gawande also speaks about how elderly people take care of themselves and how do they live when taking care of themselves becomes impossible due to sickness and/or old age. Here he tries to objectively comprehend everything that institutions like hospitals, nursing homes and hospices offer and offers both negative and positive aspects of those institutions. To show his readers that what he is talking about in his book is genuine and authentic, Gawande uses many personal stories that are intermingled with each of segments mentioned above. Being Mortal is an interesting literature, because even though it talks about 'heavy' things like mortality, aging and the inevitable death, it does so by objectively talking about that from a perspective of an expert. Here Is A Preview Of What You Will Get: In Being Mortal, you will get a shortened version of the story In Being Mortal, you will find the book analyzed to further strengthen your knowledge. In Being Mortal, you will get some fun multiple choice quizzes, along with answers to help you learn about the book. Get a copy, and learn everything about Being Mortal.
language: English
title: Being Mortal: Atul Gawande