atul gawande. book.s his fourth "thethers include checklist manifesto."ted to go to the first line of your introduction. i learned about a lot of coal things -- things in medical school, but mortality is not one of them. >> we teach doctors how to try to save people. we teach very little about how we manage the realities of what we cannot fix. the place we have ended up in is a health system that not only has the basic public health failures we previously described, but this other failure, which is the ability to manage mortality. i have been a surgeon for more than a decade in cancer surgery. i could see that my own skills were inadequate for helping people navigate what is normal. denial, anxiety, the desire to have everything thrown at you. there have been a series of studies about how badly this is going. they took lung cancer patients, half of them got usable oncology care and the other got usual careplus a palliative about what happens if and when things don't work out. they went on to hospice sooner and had less suffering at the end of their lives

please welcome back to the program, atul gawande. thank you so much for being here. this is, being mortal, it is a really, you know, it's the kind of discussion that we do not have in this country, it is a reasoned discussion about the end of life. and what matters to people. in this country, all the panic of death panels and all these things. how should we start this conversation? >> so, i started asking that, 17% of our country at the end of the '90s died at home. and the rest were in institutions. and that's not the way most people want to go. so what i was wondering about were the people who had it go better, at the centre were conversation about simple things. we don't ask what the priorities people have in their life, besides just living longer. what are the trade-offs you're willing to make, and not willing to make. what are fears and goals you might have. what worries do you have for the future. and if we ask that, as doctors, you start getting some real guideposts to what people can achieve in their lives. >> jon: because th

atul gawande in his latest book "being mortal" medicine and what matters in the end. and at the award-winning author argues with all the medical science in the modern era it still deficient in the area of aging and dying. this program is about an hour. >> it's great to see you again.

. >> atul, i'm reading in the report from monday from del tech. you write that you expect growth to come soon from increased business investment. i feel like we have been asking this question for two years without an answer. why are you confident businesss are going to start spending their cash? >> that's the area we are much more bull in. it's the got to come from the business increases. >> where are you seeing that? coca-cola, i.b.m. and mcdonald's are not talking about increased business. >> yes. >> that sort of level which has only been reached about five times in the last 30 years. >> the what? >> the philadelphia fed cap exintention survey. >> this is an economic indicator that tom has not heard of. >> if you look at the philly fed brought up my indicator. if you look at the keands components of it that's a great nine-month leading indicator into nine-month investments. it's at a level we have not seen in some time which tells us we are going see the business prove over the next year and something we have been watching over the past two year

tonight on "afterwords," atul gawande on why he feels medical science should do more for the aging and dying. free-marketein on capitalism and its impact on climate change. tonight on american history tv war,span3, king george's how it helped establish regional identities and a viable fighting experience for the american revolution. and sunday night, president ford 's congressional testimony on the nixon pardon. find our television schedule at www.c-span.org, and let us know what you are thinking about the programs you are watching. call us, e-mail us, for send us a tweet. join the conversation -- like us on facebook. follow us on twitter. >> this week on "the communicators," we talk with legislators on pending telecommunications legislation and some of the issues the fcc is working on. joining us first is the chairman emeritus of the energy and commerce committee, joe barton, a republican of texas. congressman barton, a lot o

. >> we have atul gawande on his book being mortal, medicine and what matters in the end. >> i'm writing about things that confuse me like why are the healthcare costs the way they are. what is itching or in this case why even in my own limitations are we miss managing them towards the end and what could we do better. writing has been my wear of exploring, figuring out. it gives me an excuse to call people up and say can i come and check out what you do. it's really great. >> rose: we end with michael waldman with his book called the second amendment. >> when you look at the second amendment, the way we understand it is not the product of some sort of pristine constitutional text but always results in kind of a push and pull and rough of tumble of political advocacy and public argument. so over time, we understood it differently, but it is the case that until very recently the supreme court and constitutional experts didn't think the second amendment recognized an individual riot to begun initiative. >> rose: amy poehler, atul gawande and michael waldman when we continue. >> and by bloom

atul gawande in his latest book, "being mortal." the author argues that with all that medical science can solve in the modern era it's still deficient in the area of aging and dying. this program is an hour. >> atul, great to see you again. congratulations on the book, "being mortal." >> thank you. >> the book cover, i love it. it's got a piece of grass on the cover, and it's got so much potential symbolism. i immediately thought of walt whitman and his book, leaves of grass. he has this famous quote from the poem, i bequeath myself to the dirt to grow from the guardrails that i love. what does the leaf of grass mean to you. >> guest: it's a biblical reference. awe flesh is grass and refers to the idea that on the one hand we all come from something fertile, and the idea that grass is mortal, grass is temporary. >> host: in the process of writing this book "being mortal" which i think is terrific. one of the few times we can have a conversation about mortality and end of life issues. did it hit you, strike you, i'm not going to be a

atulation the former speaker. >> banging on. >> > mr. and. football. fine, she is. unsurprisingly they bread it so. i have been trying since the beginning of this month to get them some support here. d i have failed to get a response to me because i've been rejected on the ground that they're not habitual residents here. i threatened them in the question time. >> they weren't getting no support from the dwp. what's a prime minister going to do. i have no resources. >> i'm very happy to look at the case. because shezz mentioned you must be absolutely terfiving. all the thanges are happening. i'm very clear on first responsibility is to help tack ebola in. i done think it's bad. in terms of united states. n terms of our constituents. and order -- >> you've been watching the prime minister's questions this week you can see it close in time live on wednesday at a special time. 9:00. agains on or watch any kind where you can ind be res mples > "monday night on the communicators" president and wireless crecro. and this process allowed the lessons learned has really been l

atul gawande in his latest book "being mortal" medicine and what matters in the end. and at the award-winning author argues with all the medical science in the modern era it still deficient in the area of aging and dying. this program is about an hour. >> it's great to see you again. congratulations on your book "being mortal." >> guest: thank you. >> host: the front cover i love it. it's got a piece of grass on the cover and it's got so much potential symbolism. i immediately thought of walt whitman and his book leaves of grass. he is a famous quote i bequeath myself to the dirt to grow in the graph that i love. what does a leaf of grass mean to you and why did you decide to put on the cover? >> guest: cover? >> guest: it's a biblical reference actually and it refers to the idea that on the one hand we all come from something fertile but also the idea that grass is temperate. in the process of writing this book "being mortal" which i think is terrific by the way, it's one of the few times we can have an honest conversation in a public forum about our mortality and en

. >> we have atul gawande on his book being mortal, medicine and what matters in the end. >> i'm writinggs that confuse me like why are the healthcare costs the way they are. what is itching or in this case why even in my own limitations are we miss managing them towards the end and what coud

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atul gawande feels medical science should do more for the ageing and dying. and naomi kline on climate change. friday at 8:00 on c-span 3, director of the cia museum in virginia, explains the history of the agency. saturday at 8:00 p.m. king george's war of 1740s, how it helped the american colonists reached identities. and sunday night on the presidency at 8:00 p.m. president ford's congressional testimony on the nixon pardon. find our television schedule at c-span.org and leapt us know what you think about the programs you're watching. call us at 202-626-3400. e-mail us at commentsass c-span.org. join the c-span conversation. like us on facebook. follow us on twitter. >>> tonight on c-span 3, sports at school. we'll show you a house hearing on head injuries and other safety injuries. also a safety hearing on athletes. >> a federal appeals court in new york city heard a case on the national security agency's collection of american's phone records. the american civil liberties union is suing to stop the program and have all the data deleted. the oral argument

on books afterwards, atu atul gawande on why he feels medical science should do more for the aging and dying. and just after 7:00 sunday, naomi cline on the impact of climate change. on saturday, on 8:00 eastern on c-span 3, king george's war of the 1740s, how it helped establish regional identities and gain fighting experience for their own revolution and sunday night on the presidency at 8:00 p.m. president ford's congressional testimony on the nixon pardon. find our television schedule at c-span.org and let us know what you think about the programs you're watching. call us at 202-6 26 -3400. e-mail us at comments@c-span.org. like us on facebook. follow us on twitter. >>> with live coverage of the u.s. house on c-span and senate on c-span 2, here on c-span 3 we compliment that by showing you the most public hearings. then on weekend, c-span 3 is the home to american history tv. programs that tell our nation's story including six unique theories, civil war's 150th anniversary. visiting battle fields and key events. american artifacts, touring museums and revealing what artifacts revea

we have this big atul. -- this big battle. did you remember when the government shutdown?the president was afraid that your -- that you might not notice. y echo two thirds of your government is on autopilot. medicare and medicaid and social security is immortal. really, we were talking about one third of your government. but why would we even talking about that? because congress does not do their job. there are 12 appropriations bills. historically, we passed them one at a time and once they were pass, that part of the government is open. we don't have any appropriations bills anymore. at the end of the year, the deadline looms and we look like a bunch of chickens with our heads cut off and we have to -- and we say we have to pass it before the government shutdown. it's 2000 pages. nobody can physically read it. we often get it at 8:00 a.m. and have to pass it by noon. nobody reads it. and to make matters worse, the last time we kept government open about two weeks ago, they spent a little more in the spending bill. we did him and have a debate. they just stuck it in. told

saturday night at 10:00, author atul gawande on why he feels science should be doing more for the dying. friday at 8:00 on american history tv on cspan 3 curator and director of cia museum. saturday, the king george's war history. how they gained fighting experience for their own revolution. sunday night at 8:00 p.m., president ford's' testimony on the nixon pardon. find our television schedule at cspan.org and let us know what you think about the programs you're watching. call us at 2026263400. e-mail at comments @cspan.org. join the cspan conversation. like us on facebook, follow us on twitter. >>> a federal appeals court in new york city heard a case last month on the national security agency collection of american phone records. the american civil liberties union is suing to stop the program and have all data deleted. the oral argument is an hour 45 minutes. >>> the court of appeals >>> please be seated everyone. good morning again. we're about to proceed here the case of american civil union. i thought i would say one thing. this case apparently is sufficient interest that it's bei

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atul gawande on why there should be more done for the aging and dying. and then clism and its impact on climate change. friday at 8:00 on american history tv on c-span 3, the curator of the american art facts c.i.a. museum. and saturday at 8:00 p.m. eastern the king george eswar of the 1740's, how it helped the american columnists come up with strategies and sunday night on the presidency at 8:00 p.m., president ford's congressional testimony on the nixon pardon. find our television schedule on c-span.org and let us know what you think about the programs you're watching. you can also call us. email us or send us tweet. join the c-span conversation. like us on facebook and follow us on twitter. "washington journal" continues. host: our next guest is matt with yahoo news a national political columnist but also wrote a book "all the truth is out" the week politics went tabloid. welcome. guest: thank you. it's nice to be here. we're talking about 19787, the first week of may in 1987 when tough presumed frontrunner, gary hart who is the hillary clinton of his