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		paxys on June 28, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: It's getting harder to die Regular reminder to read Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End by Atul Gawande. It offers a detailed and sometimes shocking look into the end of life/palliative care system in the country and show just how broken the incentives are industry-wide.

gammarator on June 29, 2024 [–]

Strongly seconding this recommendation. Dr. Gawanda distills down how to be led by the dying person’s priorities.

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