[gboone42]

I loved reading this in 2008, was my first encounter with Atul Gawande and caused me to seek out other medical writers like Oliver Sacks. Thanks to @dove for reposting this incredible piece of writing.

[bonniemuffin]

I hadn't noticed this was from Atul Gawande -- I loved his book Being Mortal. Neat to see what he was writing about in 2008.