Better: A Surgeon's Notes On Performance
by:
Atul Gawande (author)
Explores how doctors strive to close the gap between best intentions and best performance in the face of obstacles that sometimes seem insurmountable. This book discusses the ethical dilemmas of doctors' participation in lethal injections and examines the influence of money on modern medicine.
Explores how doctors strive to close the gap between best intentions and best performance in the face of obstacles that sometimes seem insurmountable. This book discusses the ethical dilemmas of doctors' participation in lethal injections and examines the influence of money on modern medicine.
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ISBN:
9781861976574 (1861976577)
Edition language: English
Category:
Non Fiction,
Autobiography,
Memoir,
Writing,
Essays,
Book Club,
Science,
Business,
Health,
Medical,
Medicine,
Health Care
I read several of these pieces when the originally appeared in The New Yorker. Gswande is a great writer, and someone who is always trying to understand a little bit more.
From my blog at http://onebookoneweekoneyear.blogspot.com/It can be a bit disconcerting to learn that surgeons in rural India are more skilled than surgeons in the United States. But such is the result when Indian doctors are forced to address a range of problems a U.S. doctor would send off to anot...
In his second collection, Gawande ranges further afield than he did in Complications: A Surgeon's Notes on an Imperfect Science. There, many of the essays dealt with surgical training and socialization. Here, while still grounded in hospital practices (such as handwashing, or the lack of it), Gawand...
I was fascinated from the beginning with this book of essays about health and medicine. The first essay talked about the importance of doctors washing their hands. Gosh, we all know that, right? We know how absolutely essential it is. Well, get this: doctors don’t do it. And when they do do it, the...
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