{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"Plenna","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.plenna.org\/en\/","author_name":"Plenna","author_url":"https:\/\/www.plenna.org\/en\/author\/plennadm\/","title":"Being Mortal: Illness, Medicine, and What Matters in the End - Plenna","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"fd5eOL6Cks\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.plenna.org\/en\/book-reviews\/gawande\/\">Being Mortal: Illness, Medicine, and What Matters in the End<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/www.plenna.org\/en\/book-reviews\/gawande\/embed\/#?secret=fd5eOL6Cks\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;Being Mortal: Illness, Medicine, and What Matters in the End&#8221; &#8212; Plenna\" data-secret=\"fd5eOL6Cks\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script>\n\/*! This file is auto-generated *\/\n!function(d,l){\"use strict\";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&\"undefined\"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!\/[^a-zA-Z0-9]\/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),c=new RegExp(\"^https?:$\",\"i\"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display=\"none\";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute(\"style\"),\"height\"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):\"link\"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute(\"src\")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener(\"message\",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll(\"iframe.wp-embedded-content\"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute(\"data-secret\"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+=\"#?secret=\"+t,e.setAttribute(\"data-secret\",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:\"ready\",secret:t},\"*\")},!1)))}(window,document);\n\/\/# sourceURL=https:\/\/www.plenna.org\/wp-includes\/js\/wp-embed.min.js\n<\/script>\n","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/www.plenna.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Being-Mortal-Illness-Medicine-and-What-Matters-in-the-End.jpg","thumbnail_width":646,"thumbnail_height":1000,"description":"Atul Gawande. 2014. Wellcome Collection.\u00a0 282p. Gawande is a surgeon in the USA with Indian roots who reflects on how modern medicine has altered the end of life.\u00a0 Treatments and technology have meant that the descent towards death is much less a sudden drop off a cliff but more a \u201chilly road down the mountain\u201d. [&hellip;]"}