最好的告别
Being Mortal
Atul Gawande · 初版 2014 年
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为什么值得读
- 揭示晚年身体退化不可逆与治愈衰老的局限
- 以医学视角直面死亡禁忌并引发哲学思考
- 深入审视临终关怀现状并适合非专业大众阅读
Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End 是美国外科医生 Atul Gawande 于 2014 年出版的非虚构类著作。该书探讨了临终关怀、安宁疗护，并包含了 Gawande 的思考与亲身经历。他提出，医疗照护应当关注生命质量（well-being）而非单纯的生存延续。Being Mortal 屡获殊荣，登上了诸多最佳图书榜单，并被拍摄成纪录片。
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……接受插管。我也明白死亡是个禁忌话题，去思考和谈论它需要某种哲学智慧。我现在非常看重这一点，正如别人推荐的那样，阿图·葛文德的《最好的告别》（Being Mortal）是每个终有一死的人都应该读一读的书。
…be intubated. I also know that death is a taboo and it takes a certain kind of philosophical wisdom to think and speak about it. I value that a lot now, and as someone else recommended Atul Gawande's Being Mortal should be read by anyone who might die.
……养老院。据我了解，许多文化反而会把老人接到自己家里照顾，或者尽量让他们留在自己家中。我记得几年前读过一本关于这个主题的好书，葛文德医生的《最好的告别》（Being Mortal）。它让我大开眼界，看清了美国临终关怀的真实惨淡现状。
…nursing home. From what I understand, there are many cultures that instead take in the elderly into their own homes or try to keep them in their own home. I remember reading a good book on the subject, _Being Mortal_ by Dr. Gawande, a few years back. It was an eye-opener to the realities of how we treat end-of-life care in the U.S.
我推荐读读阿图·葛文德的《最好的告别》（Being Mortal），能让人切身体会到“治愈衰老”有多么渺茫。虽然这不是书的重点，但它把面临的挑战描绘得极为透彻。作为一个外行，我读下来的感受是……
I recommend reading "Being Mortal" by Atul Gawande to get a good sense of how hopeless "curing aging" is. Although that's not the focus of the book it does a wonderful job describing the challenge. The way it reads to me as a lay person,…
有一本极好的书叫《最好的告别》（Being Mortal），其中的一个核心观点是：从一位与老人打交道的医生视角来看，我们的身体是在缓慢但必然地退化，直到我们再也无法照常生活。所以生活的一个方面……
There was a very good book, Being Mortal, where one of the points is that from the point of view of a doctor working with old people our bodies slowly but surely degrade until we are no longer to get on with our lives. So one aspect of life…
……马修·托马斯的《我们不是我们自己》（We Are Not Ourselves）50. 凯瑟琳·方兹的《当神秘生物来袭》（When Mystical Creatures Attack）非虚构类：1. 黛博拉·所罗门的《美国之镜：诺曼·洛克威尔的生平与艺术》（American Mirror: The Life And Art Of Norman Rockwell）2. 阿图·葛文德的《最好的告别：关于衰老与死亡，你必须知道的常识》（Being Mortal: Medicine And What Matters In The End）3. 伊丽莎白·格林的《如何培养优秀的教师》（Building A Better Teacher: How Teaching Works (and How To Teach It To Everyone)）4. 《我们能不能谈点更……
…'We Are Not Ourselves' by Matthew Thomas 50. 'When Mystical Creatures Attack' by Kathleen Founds Category: NONFICTION 1. 'American Mirror: The Life And Art Of Norman Rockwell' by Deborah Solomon 2. 'Being Mortal: Medicine And What Matters In The End' by Atul Gawande 3. 'Building A Better Teacher: How Teaching Works (and How To Teach It To Everyone)' by Elizabeth Green 4. 'Can’t We Talk About Something More…
……——非常令人失望而且俗套——《灵魂之城》（Library of Souls）：兰森·里格斯——轻松但很引人入胜的书——《显微镜下的Ruby》（Ruby Under a Microscope）：帕特·肖内西——我觉得他解释问题的方式非常通俗易懂——《最好的告别》（Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End）：阿图·葛文德——这是个沉重的话题，但它帮我明白了延长生命和继续治疗并不一定非得是最终目的……
…- Very disappointing and predictable - Library of Souls: Ransom Riggs - Easy but engrossing book - Ruby Under a Microscope: Pat Shaughnessy - I find his style of explaining things very accessible - Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End: Atul Gawande - It's a hard subject to think about but helped me to understand that prolonging life and continuing treatment shouldn't necessarily be the end goal…