Tuesday, December 9, 2014

Empathy & American way of dying is lonely...



Next book:
Being Mortal Medicine and What Matters in the End By Atul Gawande

The American way of dying is lonely, expensive and often painful; surgeon and journalist Gawande argues that doctors need to adopt a more humane approach to end-of-life issues.

Next book:
"The Empathy Exams" By Leslie Jamison
In this breakout collection, Jamison combines philosophy, memoir, imagination and journalism to investigate many aspects of empathy.