Complications: A Surgeon's Notes on an Imperfect Science
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| Rating | : | 4.85 (915 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B00009KEJ7 |
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| Number of Pages | : | 496 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-01-06 |
| Language | : | English |
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Atul Gawande's Complications: A Surgeon's Notes on an Imperfect Science is essential reading for anyone involved in medicine--on either end of the stethoscope. Some of his ideas will make health care providers nervous or even angry, but his disarming style, confessional tone, and thoughtful arguments should win over most readers. Medical professionals make mistakes, learn on the job, and improvise much of their technique and self-confidence. Complications is a book with heart and an exc
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.
Surgeons are people, too. John M. Vizcarra I was referred to this book by a friend of mine who knew I liked the books of Malcolm Gladwell. I first read it near about when it came out, around 2002, and just got around to re-reading it. I had only remembered two of the stories from the book, so it was very similar to reading it again for the first time.The theme of this book is reflected in its three parts: Fallibility, Mystery and Uncertainty. Each part talks about a particular aspect of Gawande’s career as a surgeon that deals with the less-certain side of being a doctor. Each concept is accompanied by one or more anecdotal ref. "Medical Honesty" according to Anne Burnik. The author writes from the viewpoint of a resident and young surgeon covering such topics as When Doctors Make Mistakes, When Good Doctors Go Bad, Pain, Nausea, Obesity and the Ethics involved in end-of-life decisions. His excellent writing makes the hospital setting and the O.R. come very much alive. Doctors are portrayed as human beings with a high fallibility factor and surgeons are portrayed with very high confidence levels. Yet the doubts, the anxiety and the frustrations of the medical profession are also expressed very eloquently. His insight into the medical world is almost profound . best book on surgeons out there Jack S. I worked for several years in the healthcare space, and specifically around surgery.The marketplace is lacking in good literature on this subspace of healthcare, yet there are so many interesting and controversial aspects of it.Atul Gawande is a fantastic writer and thinker. I have read all of his books, but I find this one most interesting and instructive. "The Checklist Manifesto" is a great manual for preventing mistakes, but is a bit dry. "Better", his other book, has some interesting stories and presents a fair set of good ideas on improving care."Complications" is the one I found to be