It’s time to talk about BEING MORTAL. Medicine and what matters in the end.
Friday, January 22
7 PM – 9 PM
Please join us for this special viewing of the PBS documentary followed by an intergenerational conversation. The event is FREE and open to the general public, however reservations are required. To make a reservation, please contact Bell Trace Senior Living Community at 812-332-2355.
Being Mortal explores the hopes of patients and families facing terminal illness and their relationships with the doctors who care for them. The film tells the story of a physician, Atul Gawande, who is learning to think about death and dying in the context of being a healer. By sharing stories from the perspective of the people and families he encounters, including his own, it sheds new light on how our system – so focused on a cure – often neglects the important conversations that need to happen so that a person’s true priorities can be known and honored at the end.
The stories in Being Mortal show us the value of shared decision-making in medicine at the end of life and illustrate the importance of thinking and planning ahead as we reflect on what matters most to us.