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His vivid stories take us to battlefield surgical tents in iraq, to a polio outbreak in india. How medicine can not only improve life but also the process of its ending medicine has triumphed in modern times, transforming birth, injury, and infectious disease from harrowing to manageable. Best sellers bookstores most popular bookbag rent books sell books. He practices general and endocrine surgery at brigham and womens hospital.
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Hardwon advice in books on aging and elder care the new. Atul gawande, md, mph, is a surgeon, writer, and public health researcher. The following is a personality profile of atul gawande based on his work. A surgeon and a writer, atul gawande is a staff member of brigham and womens hospital, the dana farber cancer institute, and the new yorker magazine. Surgeon and author atul gawande on his new book being. The books tells me that being better is not just about the widely accepted notion of practicing more or doing a task repeatedly toll you achieve mastery in it. Complications is a collection of essays about doubt and uncertainty in medicine.
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