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)