This was a great, thought-provoking book. Published in 2002, it was written by Atul Gawande during his surgical residency at Brigham and Women's hospital in Boston. Gawande discusses the human factor in medicine in the book's three main sections: 1. Fallibility - where he reflects on physician training and learning curves, 2. Mystery - where he focuses on what doctors do when they just don't know the answer, and 3. Uncertainty - where he discusses the medical decision making process. He writes in an entertaining, articulate manner by telling stories and substantiating them with published data and literature. It's an easy, enjoyable read.
If anyone wants to borrow the book just let me know!
Thursday, October 22, 2009
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That is an excellent book! The section on training young surgeons (Somebody has to be their first case) is hair-raising.
ReplyDeleteThanks for writing, Abby.