The Interview - Surgeon and Writer - Atul Gawande
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When a dying person asks their doctor if he or she can do anything to help, is it easier for the doctor to provide a false hope than have a difficult conversation about how best to manage their last days? Hardtalk speaks to Atul Gawande, who wants to change the way doctors think - and talk - about death. It is a subject he covers in the BBC's annual Reith Lectures this year. He says doctors are good at addressing specific individual problems or diseases, but argues that the ultimate goal is not a good death but a good life - all the way to the very end.
(Photo: Atul Gawande. Credit: Tim Llewellyn/BBC)
Published on Wednesday, 5th November 2014.
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