GAWANDE ATUL

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"Έμαθα πολλά στην Ιατρική Σχολή, αλλά σίγουρα δεν έμαθα τίποτα για τη θνητότητα. Ναι μεν μου έδωσαν ένα αφυδατωμένο, άκαμπτο πτώμα για να το ανοίξω και να μελετήσω τα εσωτερικά όργανα, αλλά μοναδικός σκοπός ήταν να αποκτήσω γνώσεις για την ανθρώπινη ανατομία. Τα εγχειρίδια της Σχολής δεν ανέφεραν σχεδόν τίποτα για τα γηρατειά, την ανημπόρια που τα συνοδεύει ή τη διαδικασία του θανάτου. Τίποτα για το πώς εκτυλίσσεται αυτή η διαδικασία, πώς οι άνθρωποι βιώνουν το τέλος της ζωής τους και πώς αυτή η ιστορία επηρεάζει τους δικούς τους ανθρώπους...
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(P/B) BEING MORTAL
For most of human history, death was a common, ever-present possibility. It didn't matter whether you were five or fifty - every day was a roll of the dice. But now, as medical advances push the boundaries of survival further each year, we have become increasingly detached from the reality of being mortal. So here is a book about the modern experience of mortality - about what it's like to get old and die, how medicine has changed this and how it hasn't, where our ideas about death have gone wrong. With his trademark mix of perceptiveness ...
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(P/B) COMPLICATIONS
This is a stunningly well-written account of the life of a surgeon: what it is like to cut into people's bodies and the terrifying - literally life and death - decisions that have to be made.There are accounts of operations that go wrong; of doctors who go to the bad; why autopsies are necessary; what it feels like to insert your knife into someone....
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(P/B) BETTER
The struggle to perform well is universal, but nowhere is this drive to do better more important than in medicine. In his new book, Atul Gawande explores how doctors strive to close the gap between best intentions and best performance in the face of obstacles that sometimes seem insurmountable. His vivid stories take us to battlefield surgical tents in Iraq, to a polio outbreak in India and to malpractice courtrooms around the country. He discusses the ethical dilemmas of doctors' participation in lethal injections, examines the influence ...
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(P/B) THE CHECKLIST MANIFESTO
Today we find ourselves in possession of stupendous know-how, which we willingly place in the hands of the most highly skilled people. But avoidable failures are common, and the reason is simple: the volume and complexity of our knowledge has exceeded our ability to consistently deliver it - correctly, safely or efficiently. In this groundbreaking book, Atul Gawande makes a compelling argument for the checklist, which he believes to be the most promising method available in surmounting failure. Whether you're following a recipe, investing ...
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