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Εμείς οι θνητοί, The limits of medicine and what truly matters when the end is near

Author: Atul Gawande

“I learned a lot in medical school, but I certainly didn’t learn anything about mortality. While I was given a dehydrated, rigid cadaver to dissect and study the internal organs, the sole purpose was...

“I learned a lot in medical school, but I certainly didn’t learn anything about mortality. While I was given a dehydrated, rigid cadaver to dissect and study the internal organs, the sole purpose was to gain knowledge about human anatomy. The school’s manuals mentioned almost nothing about aging, the frailty that accompanies it, or the process of death....

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    Excellent. I initially borrowed it, then bought it, then gave it as a gift. It gives the reader a new perspective on the time approaching the end.

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“I learned a lot in medical school, but I certainly didn’t learn anything about mortality. While I was given a dehydrated, rigid cadaver to dissect and study the internal organs, the sole purpose was to gain knowledge about human anatomy. The school’s manuals mentioned almost nothing about aging, the frailty that accompanies it, or the process of death. Nothing about how this process unfolds, how people experience the end of their lives, and how this story affects their loved ones – all of this seemed unnecessary. The goal of medical education, as we saw it as students and as our professors viewed it, was to learn to save lives, not to manage death.

The history of medicine in the modern era is a path of successive achievements that have dramatically improved the quality of human life and impressively extended its duration. However, faced with inevitable aging and death, medicine stands awkwardly. In this book, Atul Gawande combines human stories with his personal journey in the field of geriatrics and organized elder care, searching for options that will ensure a life of independence, joy, and dignity. It is a search that is persistent, sincere, and deeply moving.

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Author
Atul Gawande
Publisher
Panepistimiakes Ekdoseis Kritis
Type
Medicine - Treatments, Sociology
Language
Greek
Subtitle
The limits of medicine and what truly matters when the end is near
Cover
Soft
Number of Pages
348
Release Date
5/2017
Publication Date
2017
Dimensions
14x21 cm
ISBN-13
9789605244637

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    Excellent. I initially borrowed it, then bought it, then gave it as a gift. It gives the reader a new perspective on the time approaching the end.

    Translated from Greek ·
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    • Understanding of the subject matter
    • Was it interesting enough?
    • I liked the writing style
    • I would read a book by the same author
    • I would recommend it for reading
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