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better

2007 • 288 pages

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Writing about everything from surgical tents on the battlefields in Iraq to a polio outbreak in India and hospitals worldwide, Atul Gawande gives an honest insight into life as a practising surgeon and explains what distinguishes the average performance from the brilliant.

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January 4, 2011
January 1, 2007

Although it was mostly about processes in medicine, the message was clear: excellence can be achieved by constant desire and action for improvement.

November 4, 2017