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Meet Dr. Atul Gawande, Author of
Better: A Surgeon's Notes on Performance
Meet Dr. Atul Gawande. He's a brilliant surgeon, professor and author who is not afraid to admit to his mistakes. Gawande's candor is changing the ways doctors think about improving the medical system. -
Better: What Atul Gawande's Newest Book Means for Breast Cancer Patients and Survivors
On reading the title of the book, Better: A Surgeon's Notes on Performance, and glancing at its cover, which pictures a gowned-up surgeon, you’d expect it to be a graphic exploration of surgery, a “you are there” treatment of what goes on in a typical hospital operating room. But, by the time you get through the introduction, you realize that this book, though it includes scattered accounts of actual surgery, is much, much more.
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Book Review: Atul Gawande's New Book, Better: A Surgeon's Notes on Performance
Ever since my breast cancer experience in 1996, when I started spending lots of time with medical professionals, I have become fascinated by how doctors think about their profession and their patients. There is such a wide variation, I have found, in bedside manner and people skills, from compassionate to arrogant. Read Expert Patient Beth Brophy's review of Better.
