Being Mortal by Atul Gawande

Dave Hsu — Mon, 30 Mar 2026 12:36:31 +0000

Apollo On Call

In this episode of Apollo on Call, Dave is joined by Luki Danukarjanto to discuss Atul Gawande’s book on end-of-life care, as well as relate it to their aging parents and their own experience getting older. They also examine the medical perspective to the situation is well-being or survival the goal of end-of-life care?

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