{"id":10312,"date":"2015-10-14T12:20:08","date_gmt":"2015-10-14T19:20:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/simonburrow.com\/\/?p=10312"},"modified":"2015-10-14T12:26:10","modified_gmt":"2015-10-14T19:26:10","slug":"being-mortal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/simonburrow.com\/?p=10312","title":{"rendered":"Being Mortal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Atul Gawande makes you think about the end of life.\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Being-Mortal-Medicine-What-Matters-ebook\/dp\/B00JCW0BCY\/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1444850464&amp;sr=1-1&amp;keywords=being+mortal\"><strong><em>Being Mortal<\/em><\/strong><\/a> is highly recommended for those who have thought about why we are better able to manage our pets end of life circumstances than our loved ones.\u00a0 The book is practical, realistic and optimistic.\u00a0 We are in a transition from almost no old people to millions.\u00a0 How to do end of life better than the medical model of life extension at all cost is a new subject and Gawande has contributed.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/simonburrow.com\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Being-Mortal.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"10313\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/simonburrow.com\/?attachment_id=10313\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/simonburrow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Being-Mortal.jpg?fit=206%2C310&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"206,310\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Being Mortal\" 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