Complications: A Surgeon's Notes on an Imperfect Science
by Atul Gawande
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Author: Atul GawandeEdition: Paperback
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Published: 2003-04-01
ISBN: N/A
Number of pages: 288
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Book Review: Why your Doc says, "I don't know."
Summary: 5 Stars
It's not that doctors skip most of their classes or that they're getting a second-rate education. It's that we walk in as enigmas--we don't fit the textbook case. Just extracting this idea from "Complications" is worth your time and money. Instead of becoming frustrated and/or scared from an "I don't know" response, we can attempt to appreciate the complexity of our bodies and the influential contexts in which we live.
Gawande writes with an excellent style. There's humor, irony and mystery throughout. The topics are fascinating and the information can even prove to be useful (it hit on an area of concern of mine).
Don't come here to research any given disease. Come here to be intrigued, entertained and exposed to a few big ideas, particularly, that medicine remains "an Imperfect Science." Highly recommended.
-Jack H. Bender, author of Disregarded: Transforming the School and Workplace through Deep Respect and Courage
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