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HepracticesgeneralandendocrinesurgeryatBrighamandWomen’sHospitalandisprofessorinMissing:pdfAtulGawande,asurgicalresidentatHarvard MedicalSchool,asksinhiswellwrittenessay,"whenyouseeyourpatientmakingagravemistake,shouldyousimplydowhatthepatientwants?"(p)Heanswers thisquestionbysharinganumberofcasesfromhistrainingthatsuggestthattheorthodoxyof'absoluterespectforpatientautonomyAtulGawande,MD,MPH,is asurgeon,writer,andpublichealthresearcherAswellaswritingfortheNewYorkTimes,heisalsoauthorofBetterandComplications,thelatterofwhichwasa NationalBookAwardfinalistHepracticesgeneralandendocrinesurgeryatBrighamandWomen’sHospitalandisprofessorinboththeDepartmentofHealth PolicyandManagementattheHarvardSchoolofPublicHealthandtheDepartmentofSurgeryatHarvardMedicalSchoolIn,Gawandewasnamedoneofthe world’sGentlydismantlingthemythofmedicalinfallibility,DrAtulGawande'sComplications:ASurgeon'sNotesonanImperfectScienceisessentialreadingfor anyoneinvolvedinmedicine--oneitherendofthestethoscope.CreatedDate/26/PMsiciansthinkabouttheirmistakes,aswellasthepsychologicalturmoilthat physiciansgothroughastheyconfrontthem.InAtulGawande,MD,MPH,isasurgeon,writer,andpublichealthresearcher.Medicalprofessionalsmake mistakes,learnonthejob,andimprovisemuchoftheirtechniqueandself-confidenceCreatedDate/18/AMCreatedDate/26/PMThebookdemonstrateshow difficultandcommonAtulGawandeoffersanunflinchingviewfromthescalpel'sedge,wherescienceisambiguous,informationislimited,thestakesarehigh,yet isionsmustbemadeHeisExecutiveDirectorofAtulGawandeisageneralsurgeonatBrighamandWomen’sHospitalinBoston,Massachusetts,andaprofessor ofsurgeryatHarvardMedicalSchool

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