The Checklist Manifesto
Atul Gawande, general and endocrine surgeon at Boston’s Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Associate Professor of Surgery at Harvard Medical School, and columnist for The New Yorker, has written “The...
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When President Lyndon Johnson signed Medicare into law on July 30, 1965, he faced a year of nearly crippling attacks from groups like the American Medical Association (AMA) and conservatives who feared...
View ArticleHealthcare: Saving Lives or Prolonging Suffering?
There is a cacophony of voices in the media talking about healthcare reform, but it’s more heat than light. That why Atul Gawande’s most recent article in The New Yorker is so important. Boston-based...
View ArticleBig Medicine Is Watching You
Big Medicine is on the way, according to celebrated author and Harvard professor, Atul Gawande, In a major article in the New Yorker, Gawande describes the new frontier of ICUs as ones where patients...
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