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Complications A Surgeon's Notes on an Imperfect Science

Atul Gawande

A brilliant and courageous doctor reveals, in gripping accounts of true cases, the power and limits of modern medicine. Sometimes in medicine the only way to know what is truly going on in a patient is to operate, to look inside with one's own eyes. This book is exploratory surgery on medicine itse...

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Freakonomics Radio

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Freakonomics Radio

It was one of four books Atul Gawande authored, offering insights into the medical profession as a surgeon's notes on an imperfect science.

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His other books are Complications, A Surgeon's Notes on an Imperfect Science,

— Episode: 333. The Most Ambitious Thing Humans Hav...

Episode: 333. The Most Ambitious Thing Humans Have Ever Att...

It was one of four books Atul Gawande authored, offering insights into the medical profession as a surgeon's notes on an imperfect science.

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His other books are Complications, A Surgeon's Notes on an Imperfect Science,

On Being with Krista Tippett

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On Being with Krista Tippett

The book is about Gawande's experience as a surgical resident, and it was reviewed by Sherwin Nuland in the New York Review of Books.

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When I started writing for The New Yorker and then wrote my first book, Complications, during my surgical residency, he wrote the review in the New York Review of Books and then reached out to me.

— Episode: Atul Gawande — On Mortality and Meaning

Episode: Atul Gawande — On Mortality and Meaning

The book is about Gawande's experience as a surgical resident, and it was reviewed by Sherwin Nuland in the New York Review of Books.

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When I started writing for The New Yorker and then wrote my first book, Complications, during my surgical residency, he wrote the review in the New York Review of Books and then reached out to me.

Stay Tuned with Preet

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Stay Tuned with Preet

It was mentioned as an inspiration for Preet's book 'Doing Justice', consisting of stories and reflections on medical cases.

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And they said, you know what? It sounds an awful lot like another book called Complications, of which you are the author.

— Episode: Health of a Nation (with Atul Gawande)

Episode: Health of a Nation (with Atul Gawande)

It was mentioned as an inspiration for Preet's book 'Doing Justice', consisting of stories and reflections on medical cases.

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And they said, you know what? It sounds an awful lot like another book called Complications, of which you are the author.

And so I picked up your book and, you know, it's a series of stories and sort of meditations on medical cases that you did.

So I just want you to know that was an inspiration to me in the writing of my book.

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