Complications: A Surgeon's Notes on an Imperfect Science by Atul Gawande (Englis

Description: Complications by Atul Gawande Drawing from compelling true accounts of patients and doctors, a provocative examination of the power and limits of modern medicine reveals a world where science is uncertain, information is limited, and deadly mistakes occur. 60,000 first printing. FORMAT Hardcover LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description A brilliant and courageous doctor reveals, in gripping accounts of true cases, the power and limits of modern medicine. Sometimes in medicine the only way to know what is truly going on in a patient is to operate, to look inside with ones own eyes. This book is exploratory surgery on medicine itself, laying bare a science not in its idealized form but as it actually is -- complicated, perplexing, and profoundly human. Atul Gawande offers an unflinching view from the scalpels 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 and why good surgeons go bad. He also shows us 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 wont go away; a television newscaster whose blushing is so severe that she cannot do her job. Gawande offers a richly detailed portrait of the people and the science, even as he tackles the paradoxes and imperfections inherent in caring for human lives. 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. Complications is a 2002 National Book Award Finalist for Nonfiction. Author Biography Atul Gawande is the author of four bestselling books: Complications, a finalist for the National Book Award; Better; The Checklist Manifesto; and Being Mortal. He is also a surgeon at Brigham and Womens Hospital in Boston, a staff writer for The New Yorker, and a professor at Harvard Medical School and the Harvard School of Public Health. He has won the Lewis Thomas Prize for Writing about Science, a MacArthur Fellowship, and two National Magazine Awards. In his work in public health, he is Founder and Chair of Ariadne Labs, a joint center for health systems innovation, and Lifebox, a nonprofit organization making surgery safer globally. He is also chair of Haven, where he was CEO from 2018-2020. He and his wife have three children and live in Newton, Massachusetts. Review "Complications is a book about medicine that reads like a thriller." --Malcolm Gladwell, author of The Tipping Point "Complications is a uniquely soulful book about the science of mending bodies." --Adam Gopnik, author of From Paris to the Moon Prizes Winner of ALA Notable Books (Nonfiction) 2003 Commended for National Book Awards (Nonfiction) 2002 Short-listed for Literary Award (First Nonfiction) 2003 Review Quote Complications is a uniquely soulful book about the science of mending bodies. Excerpt from Book When you are in the operating room for the first time and see the surgeon press his scalpel to someones body, you either shudder in horror or gape in awe. I gaped. It wasnt the blood and guts that enthralled me. It was the idea that a mere person would ever have the confidence to wield that scalpel. I wondered how the surgeon knew that all the steps would go as planned, that bleeding would be controlled and organs would not be injured. He didnt, but still he cut. Later, I was allowed to make an incision myself. The surgeon drew a six-inch dotted line across the patients abdomen and then, to my surprise, had the nurse hand me the knife. It was, I remember, still warm. I put the blade to the skin and cut. The experience was odd and addictive, mixing exhilaration, anxiety, a righteous faith that operating was somehow beneficial, and the slightly nauseating discovery that it took more force than I realized. The moment made me want to be a surgeon -- someone with the assurance to proceed as if cutting were routine. Details ISBN0805063196 Author Atul Gawande Language English ISBN-10 0805063196 ISBN-13 9780805063196 Media Book Format Hardcover Year 2002 Imprint Henry Holt & Company Inc Subtitle A Surgeons Notes on an Imperfect Science Place of Publication New York Country of Publication United States Alternative 9781427201515 Short Title COMPLICATIONS DOI 10.1604/9780805063196 AU Release Date 2002-04-04 NZ Release Date 2002-04-04 US Release Date 2002-04-04 UK Release Date 2002-04-04 Pages 269 Publisher Henry Holt & Company Inc Publication Date 2002-04-04 DEWEY 617.092 Audience General We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:9171358;

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