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Atul Gawande bespreekt aan de hand van onderzoek en aangrijpende verhalen de grootste uitdaging van zijn vak: hoe kan de geneeskunde niet alleen het leven maar ook het levenseinde verbeteren?
Het proces van ouder worden en sterven is een medische aangelegenheid geworden die door professionals in de gezondheidszorg gemanaged wordt. In verzorgingshuizen zitten mensen omwille van de veiligheid in rolstoelen. In ziekenhuizen liggen stervenden geïsoleerd aan een monitor terwijl er niets meer te genezen valt. Artsen gaan gesprekken over de dood uit de weg en vallen terug op valse hoop en behandelingen die het leven eerder verkorten dan verbeteren. Patiënten en hun familieleden hopen op een wonder en gaan daarin mee.
Gawande geeft voorbeelden van persoonlijke en sociale zorg voor zieken en afhankelijke ouderen. Hij verkent allerlei vormen van terminale zorg en toont hoe rijk en gevarieerd de laatste weken of maanden van het leven kunnen zijn. Voor mensen heeft het leven betekenis omdat het een verhaal is. En bij verhalen doet het einde ertoe.
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dying, geriatrics, medicine, Activities of Daily Living, Conduct of life, Attitude to Death, Critical care medicine, Terminal care, Diagnosis, Attitude (Psychology), SOCIAL SCIENCE, Elderly, Aged, Physiology, Death & Dying, Physiological aspects, Aging, Death, Quality of Life, Prognosis, Palliative treatment, Medical ethics, Older people, Death, psychological aspects, Attitudes, Large type books, MEDICAL / Terminal Care, nyt:combined-print-and-e-book-nonfiction=2014-10-26, New York Times bestseller, New York Times reviewed, Mortality, Family and Relationships, Sterben, Sterbebegleitung, Krankenpflege, Lebensverlängerung, Quality of life, Terminal Care, Attitude to death, Aging--physiology, Activities of daily living, Aging--physiological aspects, R726.8 .g39 2014, Wb 310, 362.17/5, Dying, Geriatrics, Medicine, Attitude (psychology), Social science, Death & dying, Medical / terminal care, Nyt:combined-print-and-e-book-nonfiction=2014-10-26, New york times bestseller, New york times reviewedPeople
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Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End
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Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End is a 2014 non-fiction book by American surgeon Atul Gawande. The book addresses end-of-life care, hospice care, and also contains Gawande's reflections and personal stories. He suggests that medical care should focus on well-being rather than survival. Being Mortal has won awards, appeared on lists of best books, and been featured in a documentary.
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