Better a surgeon's notes on performance

Atul Gawande offers a gripping exploration of how doctors strive to close the gap between best intentions and best performance in the face of sometimes insurmountable obstacles. Gawande's vivid stories take us to battlefield surgical tents in Iraq, to delivery rooms in Boston, to a polio outbreak in...

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Main Author: Gawande, Atul
Other Authors: Lloyd, John Bedford
Format: Audiobooks eAudiobook Downloads eAudiobook
Language:English
Published: [North Kingstown, R.I.] : BBC Audiobooks America, 2007.
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