Atul Gawande

Atul Gawande's Complications: A Surgeon's Notes on an Imperfect Science is a mixed bag for rationalists.

Gawande

In “Complications: A Surgeon’s Notes on an Imperfect Science” (Metropolitan Books, 288 pages, $24), a collection of 14 pieces, some of which were originally published in The New Yorker and Slate magazines, Gawande uses real-life scenarios – a burned-out doctor who refuses to quit; a terminal patient who opts for risky surgery, with fatal results – to explore the larger ethical issues that underlie medicine.

Dr. Gawande

Dr. Gawande has written extensively on medicine and public health for The New Yorker and Slate, and is the author of the books Complications:

essential reading for anyone - on either end of the stethoscope involved in medicine

Gently dismantling the myth of medical infallibility, Dr 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.

about this subject in Dr. Atul Gawande's best-selling book “Complications

The critically acclaimed author and surgeon Dr. Atul Gawande wrote about this subject in Dr. Atul Gawande's best-selling book “Complications.”

a collection of stories and personal essays written by Dr. Atul Gawande, a surgical resident

A Surgeon's Note on an Imperfect Science' is a collection of stories and personal essays written by Dr. Atul Gawande, a surgical resident.

well-established medical/surgical specialist

Complications is a book written by a well-established medical/surgical specialist who is not a medical renegade nor a primadonna surgeon who views surgery as the only solution to all things health.

The man who wrote this book is a doctor

The man who wrote this book is a doctor.

The lead author

The lead author of this article also wrote a book entitled Complications that explores the imperfect science of medicine.

Guest moderator Lesley Barron , M.D., a general surgeon from Ontario, Canada,

Guest moderator Lesley Barron, M.D., a general surgeon from Ontario, Canada, led the March discussion about Atul Gawande's Complications: A Surgeon's Notes on an Imperfect Science.

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The surgeon-author of Complications explores the efforts of physicians to close the gap between best intentions and best performance in the face of seemingly insurmountable obstacles, discussing such topics as the ethical considerations of lethal injections, the influence of money on modern medicine, malpractice, and surgical errors.

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the efforts to close the gap between best intentions and best performance in the face of seemingly insurmountable obstacles, discussing such topics as the ethical considerations of lethal injections, of physicians

The surgeon-author of Complications explores the efforts of physicians to close the gap between best intentions and best performance in the face of seemingly insurmountable obstacles, discussing such topics as the ethical considerations of lethal injections, the influence of money on modern medicine, malpractice, and surgical errors.