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Surgeon and Writer - Atul Gawande

Surgeon and Writer - Atul Gawande

The Interview vor 11 Jahren

How should doctors think and talk about death?

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When a dying person asks their doctor if he or she can do
anything to help, is it easier for the doctor to provide a false
hope than have a difficult conversation about how best to manage
their last days? Hardtalk speaks to Atul Gawande, who wants to
change the way doctors think - and talk - about death. It is a
subject he covers in the BBC's annual Reith Lectures this year.
He says doctors are good at addressing specific individual
problems or diseases, but argues that the ultimate goal is not a
good death but a good life - all the way to the very end.

(Photo: Atul Gawande. Credit: Tim Llewellyn/BBC)