Get 50% off this audiobook at the AudiobooksNow online audio book store and download or stream it right to your computer, smartphone or tablet. Please try again later. Complications: A Surgeon's Notes on an Imperfect Science (Abridged Nonfiction) Atul Gawande. Unlike many doctors, he admits to having a deep personal feelings for his patients and is unafraid to call out himself and the health care profession in general for its faults. Also, little attention is given to problems associated with health care for the under- and uninsured.Dr.Gawande manages to shed light on what the struggles of being a physician really can be. Atul Gawande offers an unflinching view from the scalpel's edge, where science is ambiguous, information is limited, the stakes are high, yet decisions must be made. However, working through the text I found several chapters to be missing. Also, the aurthor shows how practicing medicine is just that: practice. Sometimes in medicine the only way to know what is truly going on in a patient is to operate, to look inside with one's own eyes. 4.5 out of 5 stars 4.6 (1,677 ratings) Add to Cart failed. You will be able to unsubscribe at any time. Please try again later. Please try again later.

Add to Wish List failed. 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.

4.5, 20 Ratings; $20.99; Listen $20.99; Listen Publisher Description. Sometimes in medicine the only way to know what is truly going on in a patient is to operate, to look inside with one's own eyes. I thought it would be all fact, figures and medical jargon, but it is not. Sed aliquam, urna ut sollicitudin molestie, lacus justo aliquam mauris, interdum aliquam sapien nisi cursus mauris. Sometimes in medicine the only way to know what is truly going on in a patient is to operate, to look inside with one's own eyes. Amazing book.Interesting read. 2,541 reviews In gripping accounts of true cases, surgeon Atul Gawande explores the power and the limits of medicine, offering an unflinching view from the scalpel's edge. Complications: A Surgeon's Notes on an Imperfect Science (Abridged Nonfiction) Atul Gawande.
As a person who has experienced more than my fair share of health-related issues, I maintain this book is invaluable reading for both patients and medical professionals. Please try again later. Pellentesque nec risus dui. Add to Wish List failed. Remove from wishlist failed. Nullam malesuada egestas tincidunt. It aims to give the reader insight about the way doctors think and a better understanding about the way the health delivery system really works; for the most part it succeeds on both fronts. "Complications" blends personal antidote with broad reflections on the medical profession. I purchased this audiobook to read along to for an assignment for school. Nam interdum justo eget nisi pulvinar et condimentum orci bibendum.
This audio 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.

Please try again later. Integer elementum tempor libero sit amet iaculis. The reason I am only giving it four stars is because some of the stories tend to drag a bit before Gawande makes his point. Dr. Gawande is a good writer and his observations about the state of modern medicine are both highly literate and easily understood (although the very squeamish might find themselves fast forwarding at certain points). Nam id enim sapien.