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An edition of Better (2007)

Better

a surgeon's notes on performance

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  • ★★★★ 4.43 ·
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  • 55 Want to read
  • 2 Currently reading
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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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Internal medicine, Medicine, Case studies, Miscellanea, Clinical Medicine, Quality of Health Care, Professional Competence, Medical Ethics, Personal Narratives, Medicine, miscellanea, Chirurg, Surgery, Practice, Anecdotes, New York Times reviewed, Yi xue, Pu ji du wu, General Surgery, Autobiography
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Cover of: 医生的精进
医生的精进: 从仁心仁术到追求卓越
2015-08-01, Zhejiang People's Publishing House
in Chinese
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Better: a surgeon's notes on performance
2008, Profile
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Better: A Surgeon's Notes on Performance
2008, Holt & Company, Henry
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Better: A Surgeon's Notes on Performance
January 22, 2008, Picador
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Better: a surgeon's notes on performance
2008, Picador
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Better: A Surgeon's Notes on Performance
2007-06-08, Penguin Books India
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Better: A Surgeon's Notes on Performance
April 3, 2007, Audio Renaissance
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Better: A Surgeon's Notes on Performance
April 3, 2007, Metropolitan Books
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2007, Profile Books Ltd
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Originally published: 2007.

Includes bibliographical references.

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617.092
Library of Congress
RD14

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Pagination
p. cm.

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OL25567331M
Internet Archive
bettersurgeonsno00gawa_615
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1861976577
ISBN 13
9781861976574
OCLC/WorldCat
195739089

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Explores the efforts of physicians to close the gap between best intentions and best performance in the face of insurmountable obstacles, discussing such topics as the ethical considerations of lethal injections, malpractice, and surgical errors.

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