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Attributes of Complications A Surgeons Notes on an Imperfect Science PDF
In gripping accounts of true cases, surgeon Atul Gawande explores the power and the limits of medicine, offering an unflinching view from the scalpel’s edge. Complications lays bare a science not in its idealized form but as it actually is―uncertain, perplexing, and profoundly human.Complications A Surgeons Notes on an Imperfect Science PDF
Complications is a 2002 National Book Award Finalist for Nonfiction.
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For students of all the branches of medicine and surgery and health professionals that aspire to be greater and better at their procedures and medications. A renowned book by those who have read it and learnt from it. Many have already ordered it and is on the way to their home. Whether you work in the USA, Canada, UK or anywhere around the world. If you are working as a health professional then this is a must read.. The most reviewed on book Complications A Surgeons Notes on an Imperfect Science PDF is available for grabs now here on our website free. Whatever books, mainly textbooks we have in professional courses specially Medicine and surgery is a compendium in itself so understand one book you need to refer another 2-10 books. Beside this there are various other text material which needs to be mastered!! Only reference books are partially read but all other books have to be read, commanded and in fact read multiple times.
The Writers
Atul Gawande is the author of three bestselling books: Complications, a finalist for the National Book Award; Better, selected by .com as one of the ten best books of 2007; and The Checklist Manifesto. He is also a surgeon at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston, a staff writer for The New Yorker since 1998, and a professor at Harvard Medical School and the Harvard School of Public Health. He has won two National Magazine Awards, a MacArthur Fellowship, and been named one of the world’s hundred most influential thinkers by Foreign Policy and TIME. In his work as a public health researcher, he is Director of Ariadne Labs a joint center for health system innovation. And he is also co-founder and chairman of Lifebox, a global not-for-profit implementing systems and technologies to reduce surgical deaths globally. He and his wife have three children and live in Newton, Massachusetts.
You can find more at http://www.atulgawande.com.
Proportions of Complications A Surgeons Notes on an Imperfect Science PDF
- Publisher : Picador; 1st edition (April 1, 2003)
- Language : English
- Paperback : 269 pages
- International Standard Book Number-10 : 0312421702
- International Standard Book Number-13 : 978-0312421700
- Item Weight : 8.8 ounces
- Dimensions : 5.5 x 0.72 x 8.25 inches
Reviews From Customers
F. Moyer
VINE VOICE
Easy-to-understand medical-related articles bundled into a book
August 8, 2019
The author wrote 14 medical-related articles. He grouped these articles into 3 general categories. I’ve very briefly described the articles (and categories) below since your interest in this book may depend upon your interest in the topics the author has chosen to include in this book. Each article typically includes a specific patient’s case, which very nicely carries some of the general discussion over to real-world impact. Well written. Interesting. Easy for a layman to understand. But fairly general (i.e., no real surprises and not much new information).
FALLIBILITY (I.e., doctors make mistakes) —-
EDUCATION OF A KNIFE: New surgeons learning their craft by operating on real patients.
COMPUTER & THE HERNIA FACTORY: Using computers and ultra-specialization to reduce medical errors.
WHEN DOCTORS MAKE MISTAKES: Most doctors make mistakes. How can they be reduced?
NINE THOUSAND SURGEONS: What it’s like at going to a surgeon’s convention.
WHEN GOOD DOCTORS GO BAD: When an experienced doctor’s performance markedly declines.
MYSTERY (I.e., not everything about medicine is known) —-
FULL MOON FRIDAY THE 13th: Does the emergency room really get unusually busy on these superstitious evenings?
THE PAIN PERPLEX: What causes pain? What drives the intensity of pain?
A QUEASY FEELING: Nausea. Like pain, sometimes hard to determine its cause or alleviate its discomfort.
CRIMSON TIDE: Nope, it’s not about periods – it’s about blushing.
THE MAN WHO COULDN’T STOP EATING: Hunger and the gastric-bypass operation.
UNCERTAINTY (I.e., what’s really the right thing for the doctor to do?) —-
FINAL CUT: Autopsy
THE DEAD BABY MYSTERY: SIDS (Sudden Infant Death Syndrome)
WHOSE BODY IS IT, ANYWAY?: Letting patient’s make their own informed decisions about their medical care.
THE CASE OF THE RED LEG: Diagnostic uncertainty, doctor’s gut instinct and flesh-eating bacteria.
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John M. Vizcarra
Surgeons are people, too.
March 9, 2017
I was referred to this book by a friend of mine who knew I liked the books of Malcolm Gladwell. I first read it near about when it came out, around 2002, and just got around to re-reading it. I had only remembered two of the stories from the book, so it was very similar to reading it again for the first time.
The theme of this book is reflected in its three parts: Fallibility, Mystery and Uncertainty. Each part talks about a particular aspect of Gawande’s career as a surgeon that deals with the less-certain side of being a doctor. Each concept is accompanied by one or more anecdotal references to his own real-life cases that illustrate his point brilliantly.
And that point is that doctors know a lot – but they don’t know everything. Their education and practical experience can help prepare them with knowledge, but skill comes from years of learned real-world practice. I could really sympathize with him and the stressors he has to deal with. I’ve been guilty as well of feeling my doctor must and should know everything that is right for me to do. The truth is a lot more complicated than that.
This book doesn’t even take into consideration the patient frustrations with healthcare – cost, attention, etc. It really does focus on pulling the screen back and giving you a glimpse into the vast uncertainty that accompanies this sometimes wondrous profession.
This is NOT a book that says, “I’m a surgeon. Here’s all the supercool things I’ve done and this is why I’m awesome and don’t you wish you could get me as your doctor?” This book shows the doctor, warts and all, and makes them much more human.
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Chris R.
A great read! Unable to be put down until completed!
May 20, 2014
As a former Navy Corpsman (Medic) attached to the USMC infantry, I have always had an interest in medicine, and science in general, and this book was a great insight into the medical and surgery field.
As a young Corpsman with the Marines, I was thrust into medicine, and learned very quickly what did and did not work. “Watch one, do one, teach one” is how we were instructed to learn medical practices. From diagnosing (even though we couldn’t “diagnose” as Line Corpsmen…we still did essentially) cellulitis, learning to place sutures, to removing infected toenails, I made mistakes, but generally our medical skills quickly flourished, and we were able to practice outstanding medicine for the grunts.
Atul writes about this, and the decisions he had to make, which affect him to this day. As a surgeon and author, he actually cares about his patients, which is a great thing to have as a medical professional. While he doesn’t touch on this very much in his book, his caring about the patients and following up is the mark of a true caregiver. For it is those doctors, medics, corpsmen, nurses, and other medical professionals that actually care and are empathic with their patients, yet know how to distance themselves when needed, that operate the best and can change medicine for the better.
A truly great read, I would recommend this book to anyone interested in the healthcare system, surgery, medicine, and anyone who has ever worked in the medical field!
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