I’m grateful for . . . starting to read Dr. Atul Gawande’s “Being Mortal.” It’s both an easy read and a tough read. He’s a surgeon attempting to examine and question his own profession’s foibles. How is health care failing us? Why do we think we can avoid our own mortality? Why aren’t doctors honest with all the options a patient faces? Why do patients immediately think they will be the one who gets the .00001% possibility of a cure . . . and therefore end up disappointed? All of these (and more) are questions that were never asked a few generations ago . . . but nowadays we commonly and ignorantly think medicine can cure “everything.” Hard reading. Good reading. Scary reading. What are you grateful for today?
Posted on: Mon, 13 Oct 2014 14:15:29 +0000
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