Being Mortal by Atul Gawande

An episode of the Apollo On Call podcast, hosted by medhum.org, titled "Being Mortal by Atul Gawande" was published on March 10, 2026 and runs 60 minutes.

March 10, 2026 ·60m · Apollo On Call

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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?Check out Dave’s Substack for more! https://davidmhsu.substack.com/

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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?

Check out Dave’s Substack for more! https://davidmhsu.substack.com/

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