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Better: A Surgeons Notes on Performance

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Gurugram: Penguin Random House India Private Limited , 2009Description: 222ISBN:
  • 9780143423232
  • 9780143456810 (Set)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 616 GAW
Summary: Nowhere is the drive to do better more important than in medicine, where lives are on the line with every decision. Atul Gawande’s gripping stories take us to battlefield surgical tents in Iraq, delivery rooms in Boston, a polio outbreak in India, and malpractice courtrooms in the US. He discusses the ethical dilemma of lethal injections, examines the influence of money on modern medicine, and recounts the contentious history of handwashing. And as in all his writing, he gives us an inside look at his own life as a surgeon.
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Item type Current library Call number Status Notes Date due Barcode Item holds
Book Book Alliance School of Liberal Arts 616 GAW (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available Set of 4 Volumes Rs. 1199.00 (Bill Details: IN481, Dt: 02/08/2023) LA02593
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Nowhere is the drive to do better more important than in medicine, where lives are on the line with every decision. Atul Gawande’s gripping stories take us to battlefield surgical tents in Iraq, delivery rooms in Boston, a polio outbreak in India, and malpractice courtrooms in the US. He discusses the ethical dilemma of lethal injections, examines the influence of money on modern medicine, and recounts the contentious history of handwashing. And as in all his writing, he gives us an inside look at his own life as a surgeon.

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