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Complications
- A Surgeon's Notes on an Imperfect Science
- Narrated by: William David Griffith
- Length: 7 hrs and 48 mins
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Publisher's Summary
Atul Gawande offers an unflinching view from the scalpel's edge, where science is ambiguous, information is limited, the stakes are high, yet decisions must be made. In dramatic and revealing stories of patients and doctors, he explores how deadly mistakes occur, why good surgeons go bad. He shows what happens when medicine comes up against the inexplicable: an architect with incapacitating back pain for which there is no physical cause; a young woman with nausea that won't go away; a television newscaster whose blushing is so severe that she cannot do her job. Gawande also ponders the human factor that makes saving lives possible.
At once tough-minded and humane, Complications is a new kind of medical writing, nuanced and lucid, unafraid to confront the conflicts and uncertainties that lie at the heart of modern medicine, yet always alive to the possibilities of wisdom in this extraordinary endeavor.
Critic Reviews
"Gawande's sharp eye, crisp prose, and insightful understanding make his book as enjoyable as it is edifying." (Los Angeles Times)
"These exquisitely crafted essays, in which medical subjects segue into explorations of much larger themes, place Gawande among the best in the field." (Publishers Weekly)
"Diagnosis: riveting." (Time)
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- Devender Verma
- 30-10-21
realistic and very intriguing
Dr Atul Gawande has put all the human values as words. Very interesting informative and humanistic. He has a way story unfolding and his research on the topics are exhaustive. All medical professionals must read this. My respect and admiration to Dr Atul.
Mr William David has narrated it very well, special appreciations.
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- Kindle Customer
- 29-03-22
Great Read
Uncovers the fallibilities in medicine in an engaging, realistic and almost visual way.
Gawande knows how to pull in the reader's attention to real challenges doctors face.
Narrator's pace, pauses, emphases and enunciation made it a good listen (and if in a hurry to finish the book, can always increase narrator's speed through settings).
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