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Atul gawande has been a staff writer at the new yorker since 1998. Complications, a finalist for the national book award. Illness, medicine and what matters in the end wellcome collection, 2015. A surgeons notes on an imperfect science, was nominated for a 2002 national book award. Gawande s gripping stories of diligence, ingenuity, and what it means to do right by people take us to battlefield surgical tents in iraq, to labor and delivery. Medicine and what matters in the end paperback dec 31, 1899 atul gawande by atul gawande and a great selection of related books. An article in the new yorker by atul gawande on how modern clinical medicine has turned death and dying into an experience we would not wish on our enemies. Gawande and its a smallish window into the lives of people who work in medicine and the issues they grapple with on a daily basis. What are the best things about atul gawandes books, or. Checklist manifesto 9780312430009 by gawande, atul and a great selection of similar new, used and collectible books available now at great prices. This is a super read, well written and very informative. Better, selected by amazon as one of the ten best books of 2007. Thank you atul gawande for your dedication and hard work.
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