![]() ![]() Gawande's great insight is that the medical profession will only be strengthened by increased communication and candor, even when the truth is awkward or uncomfortable. While physicians are often candid among themselves when it comes to confronting and correcting errors, they are far less forthcoming with their patients and the public. Even in an age of high technology and rigorous science, errors are inevitable. Gawande's theme is that medicine is subject to the same limitations as are all human enterprises. It is our good fortune that he has decided to share his observations in the form of a truly exceptional book, Complications: A Surgeon's Notes on an Imperfect Science. As a senior surgical resident at Boston's Brigham and Women's Hospital, the Harvard-trained Gawande has had plenty of opportunities to observe the delivery of medicine in the trenches-from the remarkable successes to the tragic mishaps. ![]() Atul Gawande believes that too much information about medical practice has been "hidden, behind drapes and anesthesia and the elisions of language." (1) He should know. PAY CLOSE ATTENTION TO THAT MAN BEHIND THE CURTAINÄr. ![]() ![]() COMPLICATIONS: A SURGEON'S NOTES ON AN IMPERFECT SCIENCE. ![]()
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |