Conversation - Volandes Angelo E. M. D.
Conversation - Volandes Angelo E. M. D. In this enlightening (Jane Brody, New York Times) book, Harvard Medical School physician Angelo E. Two thirds of Americans die in healthcare institutions,…
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Conversation - Volandes Angelo E. M. D.
In this enlightening (Jane Brody, New York Times) book, Harvard Medical School physician Angelo E. Two thirds of Americans die in healthcare institutions, tethered to machines and tubes at bankrupting costs, even though research shows that most prefer to die at home in comfort, surrounded by loved ones.Dr. Angelo E. Volandes offers a solution to traumatic end-of-life care: talking, medicine's oldest tool.There is an unspoken dark side of American medicine--keeping patients alive at any price.
Through the stories of seven patients and seven very different end-of-life experiences, he demonstrates that what people with a serious illness, who are approaching the end of their lives, need most is not new technologies but one simple thing: The Conversation. Volandes believes that a life well lived deserves a good ending. He argues for a radical re-envisioning of the