Name: Complications
ISBN: 9780143028451

Atul Gawande

Autobiography of Atul Gawande, a surgeon in United States of America; this personal narrative exposes surgery of its follies to the extent it is human as it is idealised science.

Notes from the Life of a Young Surgeon

Complications

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In gripping accounts of true cases, surgeon Atul Gawande explores the power and the limits of medicine, offering an unflinching view from the scalpel's edge. Complications lays bare a science not in its idealized form but as it actually is--uncertain, perplexing, and profoundly human. Complications is a 2002 National Book Award Finalist for Nonfiction.

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ANDREW BRYK

Read in a day and a half. Gawande's first book. Decided to read after checklist manifesto. If you are interested in medicine and healthcare, this is a solid read

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"Atul Gawande offers an unflinching view from the scalpel's edge, where science is ambiguous, information is limited, the stakes are high, yet decisions must be made. In dramatic and revealing stories of patients and doctors, he explores how deadly mistakes occur and why good surgeons go bad.

Complications Notes from the Life of a Young Surgeon

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