Better A Surgeon's Notes on Performance

Name: Better A Surgeon's Notes on Performance
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ISBN: 9780805082111

ISBN-10: 0805082115

ISBN-13: 9780805082111

Edition: 2007

Authors: Atul Gawande

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"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 The struggle to perform well is universal: each one of us faces fatigue, limited resources, and imperfect abilities in whatever we do. But nowhere is this drive to do better more important than in medicine, where lives are on the line with every decision. In his new book, Atul Gawande explores how doctors strive to close the gap between best intentions and best performance in the face of obstacles that sometimes seem insurmountable. Gawande's gripping stories of diligence, ingenuity, and what it means to do…

Book details

List price: $35.00
Copyright year: 2007
Publisher: Henry Holt & Company
Publication date: 4/3/2007
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 288
Size: 5.80" wide x 8.53" long x 1.05" tall
Weight: 1.100
Language: English

Atul Gawande is a surgical resident in Boston and staff writer on medicine and science for The New Yorker. A former Rhodes scholar, he received his M.D. from Harvard Medical School. He lives with his wife and three children in Newton, Massachusetts.