Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End by Atul Gawande
If you haven't read this, you must. The author, a doctor, talks about our society's problems with death-- how we try to overcome it with medicine, how we have a hard time talking about it, and how we take care of people near death. This book makes you think about what matters in life and how to help people die in a way that respects their life.
If you haven't read this, you must. The author, a doctor, talks about our society's problems with death-- how we try to overcome it with medicine, how we have a hard time talking about it, and how we take care of people near death. This book makes you think about what matters in life and how to help people die in a way that respects their life.