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Book Review of Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End

Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End
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My own denial of death is quite strong, so reading this book was an exercise in pushing myself beyond my own inclinations. The most important thing I learned is that there are different approaches to nursing homes and society needs to pay closer attention to giving the aging some choice in the meagerness that can be old age.