The ThemeTracker below shows where, and to what degree, the theme of Medicine, Survival, and Well-being appears in each chapter of Being Mortal. Click or tap on any chapter to read its Summary & Analysis. How often theme appears: chapter length: Introduction Chapter 1 Chapter 2 Cha...
“[Lou] told Shelley he was afraid he might fall one day, hit his head, and die. It wasn’t dying that scared him, he said, but the possibility of dying alone.” —Atul Gawande, Being Mortal.Footnote 9 Arguably, one’s company in death has prudential significance. As I write this,...
and social well-being, of individuals from newborns until the age of 19. Experiences during childhood and adolescence have enduring impacts on physical and mental health, quality of life, and socioeconomic status over the lifespan [9]. Consequently, exploring the subsequent effects of COVID-19 o...
Our lives are impossible without trust. We have to trust to live and yet in an age of verification and fake news, our ability to trust has become mortally wounded. The Apostle’s Creed invites us to say “I believe” and yet the I who believes, when it is just me, is endlessly buf...
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6.2 Defining Wisdom To know a woman is to actively love her, to act properly toward her, to have the proper feelings toward her, and to share some sort of common understanding of the relationship and of each other. To know anything is to have some 'data' in one's head but it's ...
Stage II of the Model Se 1f-Concept ... Stage III of the Model Adaptat ion •.••..• Hypotheses Theoretical Assumptions Underlying the Framework Additional Variables Measured Demographic Variables Situational Variables Search for Meaning Concern of Recurrence Summary I I I. METHODOLOGY Resear...
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Madness implies a decision: “the fool showed himself to us as one who removes the mask each of us wears to leave visible the true face of man” (Lacoste [1994] 2004, p. 189). This true face of man accounts for an anthropologia crucis: the humiliated humanity of the fool is the ...