Atul Gawande explores the difficult situation that doctors face when their patients are near death. Dr. Gawande wants to learn from his mistakes as he feels guilty that he reduced his patient’s limited lifespan. He had had good intentions to attempt to cure his patient’s lung cancer through treatment, but instead worsen the condition. Gawande knew that treatments had a less than five percent chance to cure lung cancer, but he was not honest with his patient trying and maintaining hope. Unfortunately, Gawande’s patient passed away in the hospital with the regret of not spending her final moments with her family. Gawande was trained to save lives, and when his patient died, he felt like a failure. Gawande decided to interview doctors on
