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Better : a surgeon's notes on performance / Atul Gawande

By:

Gawande, Atul

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: New York : Metropolitan , 2007.Edition: 1st edDescription: x, 273 p. ; 22 cmISBN:

9780312427658

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

616 GAW

LOC classification:

RC66 .G39 2007

Summary: Gawande candidly weaves a tapestry of essays on topics as varied as hospital hand washing, polio in India, surgical tents in the Iraq war, physicians' salaries, malpractice insurance, and doctors' roles in lethal injections. The essays are united, as they highlight opportunities for improvement within the medical community, which serves as a successful framework for Gawande's study of a profession predicated on betterment.

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Libro - Monografía	Biblioteca Pública de San Miguel de Allende, A.C.	616 GAW (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		002314

Gawande candidly weaves a tapestry of essays on topics as varied as hospital hand washing, polio in India, surgical tents in the Iraq war, physicians' salaries, malpractice insurance, and doctors' roles in lethal injections. The essays are united, as they highlight opportunities for improvement within the medical community, which serves as a successful framework for Gawande's study of a profession predicated on betterment.

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