Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End Poetry_Gift_Guide future–in the face of displacement

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emotional one (recounting his mother’s experience on the scene of the Twin Towers’ collapse on 9/11)

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It is also intimate: a look into the workings of the mind and heart

Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End Poetry_Gift_Guide future–in the face of displacementNamed a Best Book of the Year by The Washington Post, The New York Times Book Review, NPR, and Chicago Tribune, now in paperback with a new reading group guide Medicine has triumphed in modern times, transforming the dangers of childbirth, injury, and disease from harrowing to manageable. But when it comes to the inescapable realities of aging and death, what medicine can do often runs counter to what it should. Through eye opening research and