{"product_id":"being-mortal-by-atul-gawande","title":"Being Mortal by Atul Gawande","description":"\u003cp\u003eSecond Hand\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNew York Times Number One bestseller\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLonglisted for the Samuel Johnson Prize 2014\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn Being Mortal, Gawande examines his experiences as a surgeon, as he confronts the realities of aging and dying in his patients and in his family, as well as the limits of what he can do. And he emerges with story that crosses the globe and history, exploring questions that range from the curious to the profound: What happens to people's teeth as they get old? Did human beings really commit senecide, the sacrifice of the elderly? Why do the aged so dread nursing homes and hospitals? How should someone give another person the dreadful news that they will die?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is a story told only as Atul Gawande can - penetrating people's lives and also the systems that have evolved to govern our mortality. Those systems, he observes, routinely fail to serve - or even acknowledge - people's needs and priorities beyond mere survival. And the consequences are devastating lives, families, and even whole economies. But, as he reveals, it doesn't have to be this way.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAtul Gawande has delivered an engrossing tale of science, history and remarkable characters in the vein of Oliver Sacks.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePublished in partnership with the Wellcome Collection, a free visitor destination that explores the connections between medicine, life and art.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAtul Gawande will deliver this year's BBC Radio 4 Reith Lectures on the subject of The Future of Medicine.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"U-turn Online Thrift Shop","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48098762784955,"sku":"B0462","price":54.0,"currency_code":"ZAR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0706\/2483\/7819\/files\/IMG_3985_cropped.webp?v=1783933413","url":"https:\/\/shop.uturn.org.za\/products\/being-mortal-by-atul-gawande","provider":"U-turn Online Thrift Shop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}