GOOD BOOK - Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End

http://www.amazon.com/Being-Mortal-Medicine-What-Matters/dp/0805095152/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1420096371&sr=8-1&keywords=being+mortal+medicine+and+what+matters+in+the+end

I'm glad to see that this is one of the books President Obama is reading on his vacation.  It ought to be on every thinking person's reading list.  It's about time someone is saying what really matters as we age and approach the end of earth life.  As the author, Atul Gawande, says, Death always wins in the end and should not always be thought of as the enemy. In trying to fight off death, our medical world has often caused intense suffering, rather than alleviating it.  For proof of that, just go to any hospital or nursing home and take a look around.