IS IT TIME THE MEDICAL PROFESSION RETHOUGHT ITS APPROACH TO THE OLD AND TERMINALLY ILL? IN WHAT WAY? SHOULD DOCTORS BE TRAINED TO PREPARE PEOPLE TO DIE RATHER THAN SIMPLY BE KEPT ALIVE AS LONG AS POSSIBLE? IN Being MORTAL, Atul Gawande ADDRESSES THESE QUESTIONS AND ARGUES THAT AN ACCEPTANCE OF MORTALITY MUST LIE AT THE HEART OF THE WAY WE TREAT THE DYING. औषधोपचार आहेतच; पण त्यासोबतच उरलेलं आयुष्य चांगलं कसं घालवता येईल, हाहì. कुणाच्या तरी आधाराशिवाय आपली दैनंदिनीही न उरकू शकणारं वार्धक्य आणि विकलांग करणाऱ्या असाध्य आजारानं ग्रस्त असलेले रुग्णाईत हे दोन मोठे प्रश्न आहेत. अलीकडे वाढत चाललेल्या सरासरी आयुर्मानामुळे आणि दुभंगत चाललेल्या कुटुंबव्यवस्थेमुळे वार्धक्य ही कटकटीची बाब होऊन बसली आहे.
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IS IT TIME THE MEDICAL PROFESSION RETHOUGHT ITS APPROACH TO THE OLD AND TERMINALLY ILL? IN WHAT WAY? SHOULD DOCTORS BE TRAINED TO PREPARE PEOPLE TO DIE RATHER THAN SIMPLY BE KEPT ALIVE AS LONG AS POSSIBLE? IN Being MORTAL, Atul Gawande ADDRESSES THESE QUESTIONS AND ARGUES THAT AN ACCEPTANCE OF MORTALITY MUST LIE AT THE HEART OF THE WAY WE TREAT THE DYING
