Nashoba Neighbors Volunteers are invited to join in a Zoom book chat on Tuesday evening, November 17 at 7pm to explore the ideas in Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End, by Atul Gawande. 

 

Atul Gawande's bestselling book from 2014 has shifted cultural and medical perspectives on end-of-life care. It has received numerous literary awards and best-book selections, and inspired an Emmy-nominated television documentary adaptation. Dr. Gawande is a surgeon at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston, Massachusetts, a professor of surgery at Harvard Medical School, a professor at Harvard's T.H. Chan School of Public Health, and a public health leader.

 

Nashoba Neighbors' volunteers are invited to read (or re-read) the book or to watch any of the videos of Atul Gawande speaking about his experiences, observations, and perspective on end-of-life care in the United States. There is a great deal to explore in his writing so we will only scratch the surface, but we are open to hosting a follow-up session if our volunteers would like to delve into his ideas further!

 

You can borrow the physical book, e-book, or audible book from your local library, or if your time is limited (or you want more!), you may want to view one of the following videos:

 

Frontline (full documentary, 54 minutes) on YouTube:

 

Late Life: A Conversation with Atul Gawande on YouTube: