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- 008 240102t20222007nyu b 000 0deng
- 020 __ |a 9780312427658 |q paperback
- 040 __ |a BKL |b eng |e rda |c BKL |d OCLCO |d FHC |d OCLCL
- 050 00 |a RC66 |b .G39 2007
- 100 1_ |a Gawande, Atul, |e author.
- 245 10 |a Better : |b a surgeon's notes on performance / |c Atul Gawande.
- 250 __ |a First Metropolitan paperbacks edition.
- 260 __ |a New York : |b Metropolitan, |c [2022]
- 300 __ |a xii, 273 pages ; |c 21 cm
- 336 __ |a text |b txt |2 rdacontent
- 337 __ |a unmediated |b n |2 rdamedia
- 338 __ |a volume |b nc |2 rdacarrier
- 500 __ |a "First published in the Unived States in 2007 by Metropolitan Books"--Title page verso.
- 504 __ |a Includes bibliographical references.
- 520 __ |a The struggle to perform well is universal: each 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. Author 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 stories take us to battlefield surgical tents in Iraq, to labor and delivery rooms in Boston, to a polio outbreak in India, and to malpractice courtrooms around the country. He discusses the ethical dilemma of lethal injections, examines the influence of money on modern medicine, and recounts the contentious history of hand washing. And he gives us an inside look at his own life as a practicing surgeon, offering a firsthand account of a field where mistakes are both unavoidable and unthinkable.--From publisher description.
- 650 _0 |a Internal medicine |v Case studies.
- 650 _0 |a Medicine |x Miscellanea.
- 650 _0 |a Vocational qualifications.
- 650 _0 |a Clinical medicine.
- 650 _0 |a Medical ethics.