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_aRC66 _b.G39 2007 |
082 | 0 | 0 | _a616 GAW |
100 | 1 | _aGawande, Atul | |
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_aBetter _b: a surgeon's notes on performance _c/ Atul Gawande |
250 | _a1st ed. | ||
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_aNew York _b: Metropolitan _c, 2007. |
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_ax, 273 p. _c; 22 cm. |
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520 | _aGawande 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. | ||
600 | 1 | 0 | _aGawande, Atul |
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_aInternal medicine _v--Case studies |
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650 | 0 | _aMedicine | |
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