Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End ~ Atul Gawande ~ Your Final Years Matter

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End-of-Life Care is urgently important, and the choices are highly personal! 'Being Mortal' is a great book to get you thinking seriously about this topic. In this video, I review the book's strengths and weaknesses and discuss additional points you should consider. Finally, I recommend an excellent, practical, follow-up book that will help you tackle this challenge. I re-read 'Being Mortal' by Atul Gawande in November as part of NonFiction November, and while I thought it was excellent the first time I read it (when it came out over a decade ago in 2014), I now see areas in which it is lacking. In fact, I had so much to say about the book that I decided to make this separate video that focuses solely on it! For the sake of your loved ones, for your own sake, don't procrastinate in thinking about these issues, talking through them with your family, friends, and doctors, and then taking action. ************* Hi, I'm Kim, and this is An Oasis of Books! Please consider subscribing if you enjoy bookish content like this! Here's the link to subscribe -- https://www.youtube.com/@AnOasisofBooks?sub_confirmation=1 If you're new to my channel, I'd love to hear from you. Please, introduce yourself and share your favorite books in the comments! You can email me here: olivecityoasis @ gmail.com You can send bookish mail and packages here: Kim Cox PO Box 283 Red Bluff, CA 96080 USA ************** Some of my other videos you might like to watch --- ~~Saving Yellowstone & Guardians of the Valley ~ Historathon Q4, Part 2!~~ https://youtu.be/5h5qWA-xu_o The fascinating story of John Muir & Yosemite! How Yellowstone National Park is connected to the Reconstruction period in American history just after the Civil War! *More Historathon Q4 Books!* ~~Non Fiction November: Memoirs, History, Michael J Fox, & Ursula K LeGuin! 6 Book WrapUp!~~ https://youtu.be/O92FGZh_WYM Six interesting books! So Many Pets, Hmong Refugees, Building Roads in 1860s California, a Journey Back to the Future, and a wonderful memoir by Ursula K LeGuin! ~~8 Questions for Readers (which are NOT about books) - Do Readers Have More than Books in Common?~~ https://youtu.be/Ou_yitARjRo If reading is outlawed or otherwise impossible in a future dystopian world, how will people understand what we readers, as a group of people from the past, were like? Are readers merely individuals with the common "hobby" (or obsession!) of reading? Or are readers much more alike in many unrelated ways than we can begin to understand? Until Next Time, Happy Reading! Kim