Gawande chronicles for us the life anf passage of his own father and essentially we learn how a human being lives a good life. In the end, wee see chronicle of what was most important to as the senior Gawande drew closer to death which included:
a. physical suffering was not exactly prominent as the drugs were helpful to minimize it
b. the shifting tide of consciousness made him realize his death was not over
c. anxieties of enduring what he hoped would be gone, were still evident
d. in the end a desire for peacefulness was prominent
e. anxieties about problems with his body, confusion, worries about unfinished work and caring for those he was leaving were prominent as his consciousness surfaced
f. all of the above