Gracefully written, Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End by Atul Gawande, opens a door to a community conversation of a subject that all too often engenders only fear and denial. Gather with friends, neighbors and medical professionals in a conversation about an inescapable reality of life and learn how to have these conversations prior to a medical crisis. Watch the film or read the book. Join the discussions and let our local experts help you develop your personal action plan for the future.Learn more at evld.org/community-conversation

Book Discussions

Doctors go to school to learn how to save lives, so cases involving advanced age or impending death frequently contradict the desires of the human spirit. In Being Mortal, best-selling author and practicing surgeon, Atul Gawande tackles the hardest challenge of his profession: how medicine cannot only improve life but also how it can change the experience of dying. Being Mortal is full of eye-opening research and riveting storytelling exploring “quality of life” for patients and families. Join us for enriching book discussions at the Eagle Valley Libraries.

At the Avon Public Library on Friday, February 3 @ 3:00pm

Community Conversation programs are in partnership with the Eagle Valley Library District, Eagle County Public Health, Alpine Area Agency on Aging, HomeCare and Hospice of the Valley along with a certified member of the Grief Recovery Method.