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Ep.15 小讀讀 Book Club: Being Mortal 凝視死亡 📖 ft. Suz

Ep.15 小讀讀 Book Club: Being Mortal 凝視死亡 📖 ft. Suz

Update: 2022-04-26
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Hi #BookClub episode 🛋🪴 今集我地會講吓 Being Mortal 呢本書,作者係美國著名外科醫生 Atul Gawande 🩺 藉住呢個機會討論關於 aging, mortality, end-of-life care 等議題,希望大家聽完會對本書或以上議題有多一分認識,多一分興趣 🌾


Timestamps 📍


(00:56 ) 呢集既 Flow | #Escapril prompts by Savannah Brown ✍🏻


#2 A Separation


(01:34 ) 重新起步 | A separation from podcasting 🎙


(02:30 ) 疫情下的距離 | A separation amid COVID-19


(04:16 ) 睇呢本書既過程 | Reading this book 🚶🏻‍♂️


#8 _____ as Medicine


(06:02 ) 呢本書啱邊個睇 | Who should read this book (you!)


(07:18 ) 其實本書講咩架 | Quick summary of the book


(10:52 ) 啱今日既香港嗎 | Context and applicability to 2022 Hong Kong


(12:58 ) 為護老院注入生命既小實驗 | Dr Bill Thomas and his 100 birds (1991)


(17:56 ) 點先係個「好醫生」 | What being a "good doctor" means


(22:14 ) 難以啟齒既壞消息 | Breaking bad news ⛰


(23:36 ) 醫生既角色 | The role of a doctor #morethanjustfixing 🩹


(25:52 ) 紓緩治療既討論 | End-of-life discussions: a list 💬


(28:10 ) 作者與父親既經歷 | Dr Gawande and his father's end-of-life care


(28:58 ) 自主與安全 | Autonomy v.s. Safety: The case of Harry Truman (1980)


(32:04 ) 現實與理想的距離 | Bridging the gap between theory and reality


(34:26 ) _____ as Medicine ✍🏻


#20 Trying To Be Good


(35:32 ) 不斷嘗試 不斷努力 | To try, always 🌾


(37:12 ) "Don't let perfect be the enemy of good."


完 ~


Ideas from the Book 💡


•  The experiment of Dr Bill Thomas (p.111)


•  The Three Plagues of nursing home existence (p.116)


•  "The Philosophy of Loyalty" by Josiah Royce, on seeking a cause beyond ourselves as an intrinsic human need (p.126)


•  "Four Models of the Physician-Patient Relationship" by Ezekiel and Linda Emanuel, on the types of doctors (p.199)


•  "Asylums" by Erving Goffman, on the likeness between prisons and nursing homes (p.73)


•  The concept of "assisted living" (Ch.4)


Quotes from the Book 💬


•  "(The role of a doctor) is to enable well-being. And well-being is about the reasons one wishes to be alive." (p.259)


•  "We want autonomy for ourselves and safety for those we love." (p.106)


•  "If to be human is to be limited, then the role of the caring professions and institutions — from surgeons to nursing homes — ought to be aiding people in their struggle with those limits." (p.260)

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Ep.15 小讀讀 Book Club: Being Mortal 凝視死亡 📖 ft. Suz

Ep.15 小讀讀 Book Club: Being Mortal 凝視死亡 📖 ft. Suz

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