Better: A Surgeon's Notes on Performance - Rilegato

Gawande, Atul

Rilegato

ISBN 10: 0805082115 ISBN 13: 9780805082111

Casa editrice: Metropolitan Books, 2007

Riassunto

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. 150,000 first printing.

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L'autore

Atul Gawande is the author of The Checklist Manifesto and Complications, a National Book Award finalist. He is also a MacArthur Fellow, a general surgeon at the Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston, a staff writer for The New Yorker, and an assistant professor at Harvard Medical School and the Harvard School of Public Health. He served as a senior health policy advisor in the Clinton presidential campaign and White House from 1992 to 1993. He received his B.A.S. from Stanford University, M.A. in politics, philosophy and economics from Oxford University, M.D. from Harvard Medical School, and M.P.H. from the Harvard School of Public Health. He lives with his wife and three children in Newton, Massachusetts.

Product Description

The "New York Times" bestselling author examines the complex and risk-filled medical profession and how those involved progress from merely good to great. Gawande provides rare insight and offers an honest firsthand account of his own life as a surgeon.

Dettagli dell?edizione

• Editore: Metropolitan Books
• Data di pubblicazione: 2007
• ISBN 10: 0805082115
• ISBN 13: 9780805082111
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Lingua: Inglese
• Numero di pagine: 273