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Books by Atul Gawande
  | | Being Mortal(Reprint) Medicine and What Matters in the End (Kushiel's Legacy) by Atul Gawande Paperback, 304 Pages, Published 2017 by Picador ISBN-13: 978-1-250-07622-9, ISBN: 1-250-07622-6 "In Being Mortal, bestselling author Atul Gawande tackles the hardest challenge of his profession: how medicine can not only improve life but also the process of its ending Medicine has triumphed in modern times, transforming birth, injury, and infectious disease from harrowing to manageable. But in the inevitable condition of aging and death, the goals of medicine seem too frequently to run counter to the interest of the human spirit. N ..." |
 | | Better(1st Edition) A Surgeon's Notes on Performance by Atul Gawande Paperback, 288 Pages, Published 2008 by Picador ISBN-13: 978-0-312-42765-8, ISBN: 0-312-42765-4 "The struggle to perform well is universal, but nowhere is this drive to do better more important than in medicine. In his new book, Atul Gawande explores how doctors strive to close the gap between best intentions and best performance in the face of obstacles that sometimes seem insurmountable. His vivid stories take us to battlefield surgical tents in Iraq, to a polio outbreak in India and to malpractice courtrooms around the country. ..." |
 | | The Checklist Manifesto(1st Edition) How to Get Things Right by Atul Gawande Paperback, 240 Pages, Published 2011 by Picador ISBN-13: 978-0-312-43000-9, ISBN: 0-312-43000-0 "In his latest bestseller, Atul Gawande shows what the simple idea of the checklist reveals about the complexity of our lives and how we can deal with it.The modern world has given us stupendous know-how. Yet avoidable failures continue to plague us in health care, government, the law, the financial industry—in almost every realm of organized activity. And the reason is simple: the volume and complexity of knowledge today has exceeded ou ..." |
 | | Complications(1st Edition) A Surgeon's Notes on an Imperfect Science by Atul Gawande, Atul Gwaando Paperback, 269 Pages, Published 2003 by Picador Bargain Price ISBN-13: 978-0-312-42170-0, ISBN: 0-312-42170-2 "A brilliant and courageous doctor reveals, in gripping accounts of true cases, the power and limits of modern medicine. Sometimes in medicine the only way to know what is truly going on in a patient is to operate, to look inside with one's own eyes. This book is exploratory surgery on medicine itself, laying bare a science not in its idealized form but as it actually is -- complicated, perplexing, and profoundly human. Atul Gawande offe ..." |
 | | Being Mortal(Large Print) Medicine and What Matters in the End by Atul Gawande Paperback, 443 Pages, Published 2017 by Large Print Press Large Print ISBN-13: 978-1-59413-924-6, ISBN: 1-59413-924-5 "In Being Mortal, bestselling author Atul Gawande tackles the hardest challenge of his profession: how medicine can not only improve life but also the process of its ending Medicine has triumphed in modern times, transforming birth, injury, and infectious disease from harrowing to manageable. But in the inevitable condition of aging and death, the goals of medicine seem too frequently to run counter to the interest of the human spirit. N ..." |
 | | Being Mortal Illness, Medicine and What Matters in the End (Wellcome) by Atul Gawande, Harry Hill Paperback, 296 Pages, Published 2015 by Profile Books Ltd ISBN-13: 978-1-84668-582-8, ISBN: 1-84668-582-6 "For most of human history, death was a common, ever-present possibility. It didn't matter whether you were five or fifty - every day was a roll of the dice. But now, as medical advances push the boundaries of survival further each year, we have become increasingly detached from the reality of being mortal. So here is a book about the modern experience of mortality - about what it's like to get old and die, how medicine has changed this ..." |
 | | Being Mortal(1st Edition) Medicine and What Matters in the End (Kushiel's Legacy) by Atul Gawande Hardcover, 304 Pages, Published 2014 by Metropolitan Books Deckle Edge ISBN-13: 978-0-8050-9515-9, ISBN: 0-8050-9515-2 "An Amazon Best Book of the Month, October 2014: True or false: Modern medicine is a miracle that has transformed all of our lives. If you said “true,” you’d be right, of course, but that’s a statement that demands an asterisk, a “but.” “We’ve been wrong about what our job is in medicine,” writes Atul Gawande, a surgeon (at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston) and a writer (at the New Yorker). “We think. . .[it] is to ensure health an ..." |
 | | The Checklist Manifesto(1st Edition) How to Get Things Right by Atul Gawande Hardcover, 224 Pages, Published 2009 by Metropolitan Books Mobipocket_Ebook ISBN-13: 978-0-8050-9174-8, ISBN: 0-8050-9174-2 "The New York Times bestselling author of Better and Complications reveals the surprising power of the ordinary checklistWe live in a world of great and increasing complexity, where even the most expert professionals struggle to master the tasks they face. Longer training, ever more advanced technologies--neither seems to prevent grievous errors. But in a hopeful turn, acclaimed surgeon and writer Atul Gawande finds a remedy in the humbl ..." |
 | | Complications(1st Edition) A Surgeon's Notes on an Imperfect Science by Atul Gawande Hardcover, 288 Pages, Published 2002 by Metropolitan Books Bargain Price ISBN-13: 978-0-8050-6319-6, ISBN: 0-8050-6319-6 "A brilliant and courageous doctor reveals, in gripping accounts of true cases, the power and limits of modern medicine. Sometimes in medicine the only way to know what is truly going on in a patient is to operate, to look inside with one's own eyes. This book is exploratory surgery on medicine itself, laying bare a science not in its idealized form but as it actually is -- complicated, perplexing, and profoundly human. Atul Gawande offe ..." |
 | | The Doctor Stories(Reprint) by William Carlos Williams, Atul Gawande, William Eric Williams, Robert Coles Paperback, 160 Pages, Published 2018 by New Directions ISBN-13: 978-0-8112-2817-6, ISBN: 0-8112-2817-7 "A new edition of one of the best books ever written about being a doctor: writing as aware and memorable as Chekhov’s.The Doctor Stories collects thirteen of Williams’s stories (direct accounts of his experiences as a doctor), six related poems, and a chapter from his autobiography that connects the world of medicine and writing, as well as a new preface by Atul Gawande, an introduction by Robert Coles (who put the book together), and a ..." |
 | | The Best American Science Writing 2006 by Atul Gawande Paperback, 384 Pages, Published 2006 by Harper Perennial ISBN-13: 978-0-06-072644-7, ISBN: 0-06-072644-X "Hydra, Shredder, Junior, and Fritz—another top program—rou- tinely defeat leading grand masters, each playing with a distinctive personality that reflects not only its inventor's particular approach to chess and programming, but also moves and tactics that ... sixty dollars and run on a PC, have become essential tools for grand masters to analyze past games, test opening lines, and generate new ideas." |
 | | Being Mortal Illness, Medicine, and What Matters in the End by Atul Gawande Paperback, 288 Pages, Published 2014 by Profile Books Ltd ISBN-13: 978-1-78125-394-6, ISBN: 1-78125-394-3 "In Being Mortal, Gawande examines his experiences as a surgeon, as he confronts the realities of aging and dying in his patients and in his family, as well as the limits of what he can do. And he emerges with story that crosses the globe and history, exploring questions that range from the curious to the profound: What happens to people's teeth as they get old? Did human beings really commit senecide, the sacrifice of the elderly? Why d ..." |
 | | Better(1st Edition) A Surgeon's Notes on Performance by Atul Gawande Hardcover, 288 Pages, Published 2007 by Metropolitan Books Bargain Price ISBN-13: 978-0-8050-8211-1, ISBN: 0-8050-8211-5 ""The New York Times" bestselling author of "Complications" examines, in riveting accounts of medical failure and triumph, how success is achieved in a complex and risk-filled profession The struggle to perform well is universal: each one 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 ..." |
 | | Being Mortal(Large Print) Medicine and What Matters in the End (Thorndike Press Basic Series) by Atul Gawande Hardcover, 424 Pages, Published 2015 by Greenhaven Press Large Print ISBN-13: 978-1-4104-7812-2, ISBN: 1-4104-7812-2 "In Being Mortal, bestselling author Atul Gawande tackles the hardest challenge of his profession: how medicine can not only improve life but also the process of its endingMedicine has triumphed in modern times, transforming birth, injury, and infectious disease from harrowing to manageable. But in the inevitable condition of aging and death, the goals of medicine seem too frequently to run counter to the interest of the human spirit. Nu ..." |
 | | Being Mortal Illness, Medicine and What Matters in the End(Intl. Edition) by Atul Gawande Paperback, 304 Pages, Published 2015 by Picador Usa ISBN-13: 978-1-250-08124-7, ISBN: 1-250-08124-6 "In Being Mortal, bestselling author Atul Gawande tackles the hardest challenge of his profession: how medicine can not only improve life but also the process of its ending Medicine has triumphed in modern times, transforming birth, injury, and infectious disease from harrowing to manageable. But in the inevitable condition of aging and death, the goals of medicine seem too frequently to run counter to the interest of the human spirit. N ..." |
 | | Better A Surgeon's Notes on Performance by Atul Gawande Paperback, 288 Pages, Published 2008 by Profile Books Import ISBN-13: 978-1-86197-657-4, ISBN: 1-86197-657-7 "Broschiertes BuchThe struggle to perform well is universal, but nowhere is this drive to do better more important than in medicine. In his new book, Atul Gawande explores how doctors strive to close the gap between best intentions and best performance in the face of obstacles that sometimes seem insurmountable. His vivid stories take us to battlefield surgical tents in Iraq, to a polio outbreak in India and to malpractice courtrooms aro ..." |
 | | Complications(2nd Edition) A Surgeon's Notes on an Imperfect Science by Atul Gawande Paperback, 288 Pages, Published 2007 by Profile Books Limited Import ISBN-13: 978-1-84668-132-5, ISBN: 1-84668-132-4 "A brilliant and courageous doctor reveals, in gripping accounts of true cases, the power and limits of modern medicine.Sometimes in medicine the only way to know what is truly going on in a patient is to operate, to look inside with one's own eyes. This book is exploratory surgery on medicine itself, laying bare a science not in its idealized form but as it actually is -- complicated, perplexing, and profoundly human. Atul Gawande offer ..." |
 | | Being Mortal(1st Edition) Illness, Medicine and What Matters in the End by Atul Gawande, Profile Books Ltd Hardcover, 288 Pages, Published 2014 by Profile Books Ltd ISBN-13: 978-1-84668-581-1, ISBN: 1-84668-581-8 "New York Times Number One bestseller Longlisted for the Samuel Johnson Prize 2014In Being Mortal, Gawande examines his experiences as a surgeon, as he confronts the realities of aging and dying in his patients and in his family, as well as the limits of what he can do. And he emerges with story that crosses the globe and history, exploring questions that range from the curious to the profound: What happens to people's teeth as they get ..." |
 | | Being Mortal(1st Edition) by Atul Gawande Hardcover, 304 Pages, Published 2014 by Doubleday Canada ISBN-13: 978-0-385-67700-4, ISBN: 0-385-67700-6 "From surgeon and bestselling author Atul Gawande, a book that has the potential to change medicine—and lives. Medicine has triumphed in modern times, transforming the dangers of childbirth, injury, and disease from harrowing to manageable. But when it comes to the inescapable realities of aging and death, what medicine can do often runs counter to what it should. Through eye-opening research and gripping stories of his own patients and ..." |
 | | Being Mortal Illness, Medicine and What Matters in the End by Atul Gawande 304 Pages, Published 2014 by Metropolitan Books ISBN-13: 978-1-62779-055-0, ISBN: 1-62779-055-1 "The Cleveland Clinic neurosurgeon, Edward Benzel, exuded no less confidence. But he recognized that my father's questions came from fear. So he took the time to answer them, even the annoying ones. Along the way, he probed my father, too. He said that it sounded like he was more worried about what the operation might do to him than what the tumor would. My father said he was right. My father didn't want to risk losing his ability t ..." |
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