Read That Good Night Life and Medicine in the Eleventh Hour 9780735223318 Medicine Health Science Books

Product details Hardcover 320 pages Publisher Viking; 1 edition (March 5, 2019) Language English ISBN-10 0735223319

That Good Night Life and Medicine in the Eleventh Hour 9780735223318 Medicine Health Science Books Reviews

• Wow! This book is a must read. Very well written and laid out in such a way that it highlights many unspoken truths in our lives. It challenged me to think about what the end of a being’s life should be; how to have a dignified end to your story with the ability to dictate how you spend your remaining time on earth. There is so much to learn from this book. I highly recommended for everyone to read this insightful, emotional, and empowering book!
• This is an excellent, thought-provoking book that will be difficult to put down. Puri's vulnerability and self-awareness shines bright and transports the reader on an emotionally moving journey. The lessons from her parents, teachers and patients help us as they have helped guide her. Add this to your must-read book list!
• Nicely told story of the maturing of this doctor's evolution of attitude in her chosen field of medicine, palliative care. Obvious effort has been made to teach as well as explain her rationale for entering this field and what the sup-specialty is about. To me, it all feels a bit canned, but in its own way, it is well done. It provides much to think about for yourself and your loved ones by indicating the wisdom of thinking about what you can do now to make your own death the way you would like it to be and the importance of speaking with loved ones now about your thoughts. The story is a bit too tidy for me but it's a good effort to get the goal of her writing across. As a long time medical professional myself, I wish she didn't credit doctors with doing so much that nurses really do and that she didn't lump nurses and aids together, implying they don't do things that they do. Never in my long career have I ever seen an MD or medical student do CPR, hang IVs or many of the other things she gives herself and other doctors credit for. If she used the term "team" one more time, I think I would have closed the book to never open it again.
• ‘That good night ‘ should be mandatory reading. Whether you have a sick loved one or work in healthcare. Amazing read that effectively touches on how inadequate we in our own understanding of living and what it means to be alive. I would reccomend it without a doubt. Ordering a few extra copies to gift to friends.
• Dr. Puri writes beautifully, and the stories of her patients illustrate how we need to change the culture around how we take care of sick patients in our country. It is a book about how to live well, and I read it in one day because it's just so well written and compelling. I can't recommend it highly enough to everyone. We are all going to go through illnesses and hardship, and Dr. Puri's book is the best possible guide to prepare for and endure it. I am so, so thankful that she wrote it. It is a gift to all of us.
• I thoroughly enjoyed this book. As a medical resident, I felt so validated and empowered by Dr. Puri's description of the challenges faced by patients, healthcare providers, and families at the end of life. This work is a striking reflection on the idea that even though medical treatments may exist, sometimes providing them inflicts more suffering than forgoing them. This is a wonderful articulation of so many challenges and critical questions I have encountered in my training thus far. I'd highly recommend it for anyone with a serious chronic illness, or anyone at any stage of medical training.
• I wish I had read this book before I lost both of my parents within a 6 week period several years ago. Although I am a physician, I trained before the advent of the palliative care specialty. I am an only child and was entirely responsible for my two parents, who never discussed end of life care. There were mental health issues, and honestly my parents had terrible medical care, which I was unable to control. In the end, I followed my own convictions and was able to manage their final care at a hospice facility. It was astonishing how little I knew about the hospice process until I experienced it.
  
  This book is an incredibly important work. Palliative Care medicine is a huge part of the solution to what ails Health Care in the US, and yet people have little familiarity with it. As a radiologist, I see first hand the obsessive imaging of patients who are terminal in every way. I read repeated head to toe CT images on all manner of patients, often finding that the ordering clinician has no interest in the results. There is a blind need to DO something, all logic aside. If we as a culture would embrace palliative medicine and encourage more brilliant minds to enter the field, we would be able to address both the economics and humanity of reforming healthcare.
• I tend to be very demanding to give a rating above 3 or 4. If there had been a choice for 6stars, I would have chosen that. The author is an MD with specialty in Palliative Care, the subject of the book. She relates her education and experiences in totally readable and understandable text, with passion and caring for patients and those who love and care for them. No one should leave their adult children and caregivers to guess and feel guilty because "I just can't think about it." Dying is the only end of every living plant and animal. Dying with dignity or some dignity follows from serious thinking about it. Talking is OK. Writing wishes is so much better.