Recommended Read for Med Students: “Being Mortal” by Atul Gawande

  • Reviewed by: Amy Rontal, MD
  • Continuing in our series of recommended reads, the following is a review of “Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End” by the acclaimed surgeon and writer, Atul Gawande.

    Is this really a “must read?”
    Not necessarily.

    Cool. So who should read it?
    You should read it if you, a loved one, or a patient of yours may one day get old, deteriorate, and/or die.

    So…basically, we should all read this book?
    Basically.
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