Another excellent book from Atul Gawande. I especially liked the essay on the difficulty of getting doctors to wash their hands consistently and how people are trying to fix that problem. Also, the essay on childbirth practices, which made me more understanding about the high US Cesearean rate and gives a fascinating history and effects of the Apgar score. Also the essays about medicine in India and medicine in Iraq. Gawande writes regularly for the The New Yorker (where these essays first appeared) and occasionally for New York Times op-ed page. Here are a couple of interesting ones: on contraceptive effectiveness and on infection control checklists. I know they both sound boring, but check them out.
Better: A Surgeon's Notes on Performance
Atul Gawande
2007
Available from Amazon
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I read this on your recommendation. I blasted through it and am starting "Complications". What a great writer and interesting topics. I liked the discussion of hand washing - so many process are put in place just to encourage people to do simple things like that.
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