Notes on “Better — A surgeon’s notes on performance” by Atul Gawande
“Better — A surgeon’s notes on performance” is a book written by Atul Gawande. It is a collection of essays that probe skillfully and poignantly into the depths of medical ethics and the performance of doctors. The book explores many facets of each issue that he explores, be it washing hands, malpractice, or the importance of checklists in medicine¹.
The book has been well received by critics and readers alike. It has an average rating of 4.17 out of 5 on Goodreads based on over 50,000 ratings¹.
You can purchase the book on Amazon for $10.99³.
Origine: conversazione con Bing, 15/5/2023
(1) Better: A Surgeon’s Notes on Performance by Atul Gawande | Goodreads. https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/213233.Better.
(2) Better: A Surgeon’s Notes on Performance: Gawande, Atul: 9780312427658 …. https://www.amazon.com/Better-Surgeons-Performance-Atul-Gawande/dp/0312427654.
(3) Better: A Surgeon’s Notes on Performance — Harvard Business Review. https://hbr.org/2007/04/better-by-atul-gawande.
Some quotations about the book
“We have accumulated stupendous know-how. We have put it in the hands of some of the most highly trained, highly skilled and hardworking people in our society. And, with it, we have given them a terrible burden: they are the ones left holding the responsibility for all the ways that know-how is not enough.”
“The mistake is thinking that there can be an actor who doesn’t need to act in a complex system.”
“We look for medicine to be an orderly field of knowledge and procedure. But it is not. It is an imperfect science, an enterprise of constantly changing knowledge, uncertain information, fallible individuals, and at the same time lives on the line. There is science in what we do, yes, but also habit, intuition, and sometimes plain old guessing. The gap between what we know and what we aim for persists. And this gap complicates everything we do.”
Other books by Atul Gawande
Atul Gawande has written several books. Here are some of his most popular books:
- Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End²³
- The Checklist Manifesto: How to Get Things Right²⁴
- Complications: A Surgeon’s Notes on an Imperfect Science²
- Better: A Surgeon’s Notes on Performance¹
(1) Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End — Goodreads. https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/20696006-being-mortal.
(2) Atul Gawande (Author of Being Mortal) — Goodreads. https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/3078.Atul_Gawande.
(3) The Checklist Manifesto: How to Get Things Right — Goodreads. https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6667514-the-checklist-manifesto.
(4) 4 Best Atul Gawande Books (2023) — That You Must Read!. https://bing.com/search?q=books+by+Atul+Gawande.
(5) Books | Atul Gawande. http://atulgawande.com/books/.
(6) Books by Atul Gawande (Author of Being Mortal) — Goodreads. https://www.goodreads.com/author/list/3078.Atul_Gawande.
