Better: A Surgeon's Notes on Performance by Atul Gawande
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Book Summary Author: Atul Gawande Edition: Paperback Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published) Published: 2008-01-22 ISBN: 0312427654 Number of pages: 288 Publisher: Picador |
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Book Reviews of the Better: A Surgeon's Notes on Performance
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Summary: 5 Stars
I'm always on the side of self-education when it comes to medical topics, especially in light of the current health care system and its looming problems. Gawande's skill is in writing movingly ab out all sorts of medical issues, including both failures and successes, in a way that illuminates the complexities of practicing medicine in today's world of HMOs, soaring premiums and more.
Some of his essays may appeal more to you than others but I urge you to read the entire book, as well as to get his other one, Complications. I've read medical memoirs that put me to sleep and have been baffled by how someone could take life and death situations and turn them into dry writing. This isn't the case here and you'll come away from the book with a stronger understanding of all the factors (and possible solutions) that make up the world of medicine, medical ethics and patient care today.