Everyone deserves to be asked five questions as they face life’s end, says Dr. Atul Gawande, author of New York Times best-selling book “Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End.”

And, if families and doctors learn to ask and then really listen to the answers, he believes, care in this country will radically change. What do those facing their own mortality really want – not just which treatments will extend life.

Know the questions and learn to ask them. Join the conversation about aging well and living fully when time is limited at Being Mortal, Tuesday, April 19, 7-9 p.m. at the Presbyterian Church of Chestnut Hill.

A panel comprised of local experts will discuss the questions outlined by Gawande, a practicing surgeon who has fearlessly revealed the struggles of his profession. He examines its ultimate limitations and failures – in his own practices as well as others’ – as life draws to a close. He discovers how we can do better. His book also reveals that the ultimate goal is not a good death, but a good life – all the way to the very end.

Dr. Russell Breish, family practice and geriatrician; Wendy Liebling, social worker; Tom Summers, chaplain; and Mark J. Davis, Esq. elder law attorney, will guide the conversation for an insightful look into this difficult topic – for ourselves and our loved ones. Bring your questions. All are welcome.

Event co-sponsored by The Presbyterian Church of Chestnut Hill and Chestnut Hill Hospital.

To register, call Leslie Lefer, 215-247-4654, or email llefer@chestnuthillpres.org.; The Presbyterian Church of Chestnut Hill, 8855 Germantown Avenue, Philadelphia, PA 19118; 215-247-8855 or www.chestnuthillpres.org.