Better : A Surgeon's Notes on Performance

Name: Better : A Surgeon's Notes on Performance
Price: 18.81 USD
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ISBN: 9781427200983

ISBN-10: 142720098X

ISBN-13: 9781427200983

Edition: N/A

Authors: Atul Gawande

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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 take us to battlefield surgical tents in Iraq, to delivery rooms in Boston, to a polio outbreak in India, and to malpractice courtrooms around the country. He examines the ethical dilemmas of doctors’ participation in lethal…

Book details

Publisher: Audio Renaissance
Binding: Compact Disc
Size: 5.00" wide x 5.75" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 0.396
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.