Atul Gawande, Samuel O. Thier Professor of Surgery at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, brought his-best selling book on end-of-life care, “Being Mortal,” to the small screen Tuesday night in an hour-long documentary providing a deeply intimate look at patients in their final days, their families, and the doctors wrestling with patients’ expectations — as well as their own.
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