Better
Subtitle: a surgeon's notes on performance
By: Atul Gawande
Edition: 1st Picador ed.
Publisher: Picador
Published: 2008
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 273
ISBN-13: 9780312427658
Subjects: Internal medicine; Clinical Medicine; Quality of Health Care; Professional Competence; Miscellanea; Case studies; Medicine; Medical Ethics; Personal Narratives
Description: Explores the efforts of physicians to close the gap between best intentions and best performance in the face of insurmountable obstacles, discussing such topics as the ethical considerations of lethal injections, malpractice, and surgical errors.
Notes: Originally published: Metropolitan Books, 2007.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 259-269).