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National Bestseller The New York Times bestselling author of Complications examines, in riveting accounts of medical failure and triumph, how success is achieved in a complex and risk-filled profession. At once unflinching and compassionate, Better is an exhilarating journey narrated by "arguably thContinue
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guardian.co.uk published on Sat, 25 Sep 2010
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Do No Harm
Ask people who have spent any time there and they will tell you this: The hospital can be a dangerous place. Families in waiting rooms will fill you in on the long list of delayed procedures. Patients will reel off complications suffered because of m ... (read full critics)
nytimes published on Sat, 18 Sep 2010
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Every little bit counts ...
This is a book about getting better at what we do. The stories inside are all Atul Gawande's experiences as a doctor, but the lessons are broad. The writing is thoughful, unflinching, and yet sensitive. There aren't many doctor writers around who can show a candle to Gawande.
Brickandrope said on Apr 18, 2009 | Add your feedback
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Riveting
Dr. Gawande's story telling style mixed in with scholarly opinion make this a higgly readable book. The book covers a rangle of topics in medicine: from medical professionals not washing their hands regularly to the influence of money on modern medicine, the author offers with insightly analysis. ... (continue)
Mattklau said on May 12, 2008 | Add your feedback
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- English Books
- Paperback 288 Pages
- Edition: Reprint
- ISBN-10: 0312427654
- ISBN-13: 9780312427658
- Publisher: Picador
- Pub date: Jan 22, 2008
- Also available as: Hardcover and Audio CD
- In other languages: other languages
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Cleanliness is next to healthiness
Better: A Surgeon's Notes on Performance by Atul Gawande Profile £12.99, pp273 Atul Gawande is a surgeon at a leading Boston hospital and an assistant professor at Harvard School of Public Health. For most people, this would probably be enough. But a ... (read full critics)