Complications: A Surgeon's Notes on an Imperfect Science
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| Rating | : | 4.95 (868 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0805063196 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 269 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-11-29 |
| Language | : | English |
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Great gift for an upcoming military leader Purchased as a gift to one of my ROTC Cadets to begin their professional library. As part of a class assignment I asked each cadet what book would they no-kidding read, military or not, related to their academic major or not. After I compiled the list of books for the class I went online and ordered all the books from Amazon. I placed them at their seats prior to class and allowed them to enter the room w/o me being present for the first five minutes. It was, and sti. Tells it like it is Ellen Schaefer Doctor's are human. They make mistakes. It's hard when it happens to you. Lawsuits are ruining medicine. They are actually very few poorly trained doctors out there. Gawande does a great job in telling it like it is as far as doctors making mistakes. I think more doctors would be honest about their mistakes if they weren't so afraid of being sued. Most people just want to know that the doctor did his or her best. Young doctors need to be trained, and they must train . Incredible research and information! A Searcher of Life I have read all 4 of this author/doctors books. What a wonderful writer he is, as well as a doctor who seeks the truth! Love it, love him and more. I am anxious for him to write another, although it seems he has already covered everything! My friend, a nurse, said this was too frightening for the common reader, I didn't think so, as I want to know! Such interesting material he choses, and how he researches it all! Just fantastic!
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 offers an unflinching view from the scalpel's edge, where science is ambiguous, information is limited, the stakes are high, yet decisions must be made. Gawande offers a richly detailed portrait of the people and the science, even as he tackles the paradoxes and imperfections inherent in caring for human lives.At once tough-minded and humane, Complications is a new kind of medical writing, nuanced and lucid, unafraid to confront the conflicts and uncertainties that lie at the heart of modern medicine, yet always alive to the possibilities of wisdom in this extraordinary endeavor.Complications is a 2002 National Book Award Finalist for Nonfiction.. A brilliant and courageous doctor reveals, in gripping accounts of true cases, the power and limits of modern medicine.Sometimes in medicine the
Complications is a book with heart and an excellent bedside manner, celebrating rather than berating doctors for being merely human. Medical professionals make mistakes, learn on the job, and improvise much of their technique and self-confidence. His prose is thoughtful and deeply engaging, shifting from sometimes painful stories of suffering patients (including his own child) to intriguing suggestions for improving medicine with the same care he expresses in the surgical theater. Gawande's tales are humane and passionate reminders that doctors are people, too. Some of his ideas will make health care providers nervous or even angry, but his disarming style, confessional tone, and thoughtful arguments should win over most readers. Gently dismantling the myth of medical infallibility, Dr. --Ro