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Being Mortal – FRONTLINE
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FRONTLINE follows renowned writer and surgeon Atul Gawande as he explores the relationships doctors have with patients who are nearing the end of life.

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Why are doctors often uncomfortable talking about death with their patients?

President Obama and his daughters celebrated "Small Business Saturday" with a visit to http://on.msnbc.com/1rGz75s


Here are the books Obama bought at Politics & Prose
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President Obama and his daughters celebrated "Small Business Saturday" with a visit to Politics & Prose bookstore in Washington, D.C.

Who is your favorite doctor character in fiction?
Dr. Watson in the Sherlock Holmes stories. I’ve been hooked on Sherlock Holmes for years — every story is a kind of diagnosis — and Watson’s is the inviting voice of the entire series. He is intelligent, observant and faithful, the way we want all doctors to be. He is also guileless and naïve, where Holmes is neither, and that is his ultimate limitation in each mystery. But his lack of cunning is why we trust him — and why Holmes does, too.

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Atul Gawande: By the Book
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The author, most recently, of “Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End” is a great fan of Dr. Watson: “He is intelligent, observant and faithful, the way we want all doctors to be.”

Being Mortal by Atul Gawande
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In Being Mortal, bestselling author Atul Gawande tackles the hardest challenge of his profession: how medicine can not only improve life but also the process of its ending

“Being Mortal is a clear-eyed, informative exploration of what growing old means in the 21st century; it provides a useful roadmap of what we can and should be doing to make the last years of life meaningful for everyone experiencing the aging process up close.”
—Time
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A Book About Dying Tells You How to Live
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Atul Gawande's 'Being Mortal' provides a useful roadmap for making life meaningful

Via "Dr. Atul Gawande endeavors to start a compassionate and well-reasoned dialogue about the end of life with his book 'Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End.'"
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Atul Gawande describes his father's struggle with cancer and the hard choices at the end of life.

Atul Gawande discusses 'Being Mortal' on the Diane Rehm Show.
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Atul Gawande: "Being Mortal: Medicine And What Matters In The End" | The Diane Rehm Show from...
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Flickr user Flatbush Gardener Harvard physician Atul Gawande says we need to change the nation's approach to aging and dying.

The Best Possible Day. An excerpt in today's New York Times explains two key lessons of my new book, Being Mortal, which is out on Tuesday.
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The Best Possible Day
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If you are dying, how do you want to spend your time? The answer is not always obvious.

Twitter cofounder and Square CEO Jack Dorsey gives a copy of THE CHECKLIST MANIFESTO to every employee on their first day.


Jack Dorsey Gives Everyone He Hires The Same Red Book
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In it, there's a square-shaped pamphlet that explains "The Four Corners Of Square"â�a set of principles for the company: The big red book is a piece of literature Dorsey often quotes called The Checklist Manifesto: The "Checklist Manifesto" was written by Atul Gawande, a ...