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

Publication Info.	New York : Picador, 2007.
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Edition	1st Picador edition
Description	xii, 273 pages ; 21 cm
Note	Originally published: Metropolitan Books, 2007.
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references (pages 259-269).
Summary	Explores the efforts of physicians to close the gap between best intentions and best performance in the face of insurmountable obstacles, discussing such topics as the ethical considerations of lethal injections, malpractice, and surgical errors.
Contents	Introduction -- pt. 1. Diligence -- On washing hands -- The mop-up -- Casualties of war -- pt. 2. Doing right -- Naked -- What doctors owe -- Piecework -- The doctors of the death chamber -- On fighting -- pt. 3. Ingenuity -- The score -- The bell curve -- For performance -- Afterword : Suggestions for becoming a positive deviant -- Notes on sources -- Acknowledgments.
Subject	Gawande, Atul.
	Internal medicine -- Case studies.
	Medicine -- Miscellanea.
	Clinical medicine.
	Medical ethics.
	Vocational qualifications.
	Clinical Medicine (DNLM)D015510
	Ethics, Medical (DNLM)D004992
	Professional Competence (DNLM)D011361
	Quality of Health Care (DNLM)D011787
	Gawande, Atul.
	Internal medicine -- Case studies.
	Medicine -- Miscellanea.
	Gawande, Atul. (OCoLC)fst00470493
	Medicine -- Miscellanea. (OCoLC)fst01015002
	Internal medicine. (OCoLC)fst00976610
	Medicine. (OCoLC)fst01014893
	Gawande, Atul.
	Medicine -- Case studies.
	Medicine -- Miscellanea.
Genre/Form	Personal Narrative (DNLM)D062210
	Case studies.
	Case studies. (OCoLC)fst01423765
	Trivia and miscellanea. (OCoLC)fst01921748
	Personal narratives.
ISBN	0312427654 (paperback)
	9780312427658 (paperback)

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