Medicine has triumphed in modern times, transforming the dangers of childbirth, injury, and disease from harrowing to manageable. He and his wife have three children and live in Newton, Massachusetts.From Atul Gawande, a book that has the potential to change medicine – and lives. In his work in public health, he is director of Ariadne Labs, a joint centre for health system innovation, and chairman of Lifebox, a nonprofit organisation making surgery safer globally. In 2014, he delivered the BBC Reith Lectures. He has won the Lewis Thomas Prize for Writing about Science, a MacArthur Fellowship, and two National Magazine Awards. He practices general and endocrine surgery at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston, Massachusetts.

The AuthorĪtul Gawande is an American surgeon, writer, and public health researcher. 'Gawande draws you in with the story but leaves you wiser about science, about health, and even about the human condition.' - Michael Kinsley. 'Written as tautly as a thriller.' - The Observer.

Gawande makes the scenes far more dramatic than television ever can. The truth, you will find, is far more compelling, though the endings are never as neat. 'Ever wondered how realistic ER is? Then read Gawande's superb book. This wise and exciting account of life as a surgical resident perfectly captures the wonder and fearful responsibility that come with cutting people open in the hope of making them whole again.' - Bill Bryson. 'I don't know if Atul Gawande was born to be a surgeon - I very much suspect so - but he was certainly born to write. Published : 2002 (This Edition 2003 - Profile Books).Category : Non-Fiction - Health, Medicine, Psychology & Self-Help.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. 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. Gawande wrote this during his general surgery residency at Brigham and Women's Hospital. This is a nonfiction book collection of essays written by the American surgeon Atul Gawande. Subtitled : A Surgeon's Notes on an Imperfect Science.ĭramatic & revealing real life cases - illness, surgery & healing.

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