Gawande

I don't mean that he's selling it for money, aside from the money from the sales of his book, but Gawande is pretty clearly very enthusiastic about what checklists can do to reduce errors in complex jobs, and he really really wants the reader to see the advantages.

mrissa: Books read, late February mrissa 2010

Gawande is nearly dead-on in his assessment of what is wrong with the American health care system.

Time's running out on that summer reading list (Jack Bog's Blog) 2009

I don't mean that he's selling it for money, aside from the money from the sales of his book, but Gawande is pretty clearly very enthusiastic about what checklists can do to reduce errors in complex jobs, and he really really wants the reader to see the advantages.

Barnstorming on an Invisible Segway autopope 2010

Although I trust that Dr. Gawande is aware of what I am about to say, his article did not discuss a key remedy to the obstacles of letting to -- namely, for patients to be supported in discussing the process of coming to terms with death long before their illness progresses to a terminal stage.

Andrew Kneier, Ph.D.: Accepting Death and Letting Go Ph.D. Andrew Kneier 2010

Although I trust that Dr. Gawande is aware of what I am about to say, his article did not discuss a key remedy to the obstacles of letting to -- namely, for patients to be supported in discussing the process of coming to terms with death long before their illness progresses to a terminal stage.

Andrew Kneier, Ph.D.: Accepting Death and Letting Go Ph.D. Andrew Kneier 2010

Dr. Gawande is going to speak in Portland on Sept. 23 (I think).

Time's running out on that summer reading list (Jack Bog's Blog) 2009

Oliver Sacks, Elizabeth Kolbert, Sylvia Nasar and Atul Gawande are just a few of the authors whose articles are featured in this collection, running the gamut from space and the universe, to mathematics, to neuroscience, to global warming and environmental awareness, to what science aids on blockbuster movies like The Hulk actually do.

“Best American Science Writing 2007″ Edited by Gina Kolata (Harper Perennial, 2007) « The BookBanter Blog 2010

In a riveting recent New Yorker article on hospice, the author and surgeon Atul Gawande confesses that even doctors avoid these difficult conversations and admits to his own personal and professional awakening on the subject.

Jeanne Dennis: Palliative Care Law: Humane Treatment and Good Medicine Jeanne Dennis 2010

In a riveting recent New Yorker article on hospice, the author and surgeon Atul Gawande confesses that even doctors avoid these difficult conversations and admits to his own personal and professional awakening on the subject.

Jeanne Dennis: Palliative Care Law: Humane Treatment and Good Medicine Jeanne Dennis 2010

Oliver Sacks, Elizabeth Kolbert, Sylvia Nasar and Atul Gawande are just a few of the authors whose articles are featured in this collection, running the gamut from space and the universe, to mathematics, to neuroscience, to global warming and environmental awareness, to what science aids on blockbuster movies like The Hulk actually do.

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