Health care providers or those with aging and ill loved ones or anyone reaching this stage of life need to realize that each individual has the right to understand the options, weigh the risks, and choose how and where to spend the rest of their lives. The chapters of " Being Mortal" guide us through the process: The Independent Self, Things Fall Apart, Dependence, Assistance, A Better Life, Letting Go, Hard Conversations, Courage.
As a surgeon and a son of an aging and dying father, Atul Gawande describes the experiences of many individuals going through the last years of life and shows us how modern medicine can best serve those experiencing the last stages of mortality.
