BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//ChamberMaster//Event Calendar 2.0//EN METHOD:PUBLISH X-PUBLISHED-TTL:P3D REFRESH-INTERVAL:P3D CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART:20221115T170000Z DTEND:20221115T190000Z X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE SUMMARY:RVNAhealth Lunch & Learn Series: Being Mortal –Ridgefield DESCRIPTION:Have you read the #1 New York Times Best Seller Being Mortal by Atul Gawande?\n\nYes\, great! No\, that's okay too!\n\nPlease join RVNAhealth's next Lunch and Learn program where we will eat a lovely lunch provided by RVNAhealth and watch a short film about the book Being Mortal. The one-hour film\, like the book\, explores the hopes of patients and families facing terminal illness and their relationships with the doctors who care for them.\n\nThe book/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.\n\nAfter the film\, RVNAhealth social worker Cindy Merritt will facilitate a discussion about the book/film.\n\nPlease join us! This program is free of charge.\n\nThis program is free of charge. Register here or call 203-438-5555 to reserve your spot. Space is limited\, so please reserve soon. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:
Have you read the #1 New York Times Best Seller \;Being Mortal \;by Atul Gawande?
\n\nYes\, great! No\, that&rsquo\;s okay too!
\n\nPlease join RVNAhealth&rsquo\;s next Lunch and Learn program where we will eat a lovely lunch provided by RVNAhealth and watch a short film about the book \;Being Mortal. \; The one-hour film\, like the book\, explores the hopes of patients and families facing terminal illness and their relationships with the doctors who care for them.
\n\nThe book/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 &ndash\; so focused on a cure &ndash\; often neglects the important conversations that need to happen so that a person&rsquo\;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.
\n\nAfter the film\, RVNAhealth social worker Cindy Merritt will facilitate a discussion about the book/film.
\n\nPlease join us! This program is free of charge.
\n\nThis program is free of charge. Register here \;or call 203-438-5555 to reserve your spot. Space is limited\, so please reserve soon.
\n LOCATION:RVNAhealth Ridgefield 27 Governor Street Ridgefield\, CT 06877 UID:e.1955.5931 SEQUENCE:3 DTSTAMP:20240328T125605Z URL:https://business.danburychamber.com/events/details/rvnahealth-lunch-learn-series-being-mortal-ridgefield-5931 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR