by Atul Gawande
Eventually we all hit the time in our lives when our bodies stop healing. Can we accept this? What resources will be available to us? How we approach medicine and treatment has to change at this point. Why undergo invasive treatments if you will never fully recover?
Many doctors don't want to deal with the fact that there comes a time when we will never fully recover from an illness. Unintentional, they advocate for expensive treatments that ultimately won't make a difference.
This book goes through the history of the assisted living home, the differences between geriatrics and regular medicine. and the shortage of geriatrics specialists that we face.
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