Atul Gawande Analysis

During spare time I've gotten the chance to sit down with author Atul Gawande. I began with asking him a few questions about his job and the few things that he may have gotten out of it. He gave me some pretty descriptive answers. The interview went as followed: Hello Mr. Gawande i have a few questions for you if you do mind;
How has being a doctor affected your life?
His answer: I had never seen anyone die before i became a doctor, and when i did, it came as a shock. Id seen multiple family members go through serious life-threatening illnesses but medicine had always pulled them through.
After coming across death, how did you react to it?
-Dying and death confront every new doctor and nurse. When i saw my first deaths, i was too guarded to weep. But i
-Jewel Douglass, a 72 year old patient of mine receiving chemotherapy for metastatic ovarian cancer
How did you come into contact with Mrs.Douglass again?
-Her oncologist sent her to the hospital. A scan showed that despite treatment, her ovarian cancer had multiplied, grown, and partly obstructed her intestine. Her abdomen had also filled with fluid.
What made this visit with her, Mrs.Douglass, so different?
-Her oncologist and i had a menu of options to help Mrs.Douglass. A range of alternative chemotherapy regiments could be tried to shrink the tumor burden, and i had a few surgical options.
How could you help this women?
-I wouldnt be able to remove the intestinal blockage, but i might be able to bypass it. Or i could give her an ileostomy, i would also put in a couple of drainage catheters-permanent spigots that could be opened to release the fluids from her blocked-up drainage ducts or intestines when necessary.
What was Mrs.Douglass's response to these options?
-The options over-whelmed her. so i stepped back and asked her a few questions.
What were some questions that you asked her? and what were some