Better a surgeon's notes on performance
The struggle to perform well is universal: each of us faces fatigue, limited resources, and imperfect abilities in whatever we do. But nowhere is this drive to do better more important than in medicine, where lives are on the line with every decision. Author Gawande explores how doctors strive to cl...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | Inglés |
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New York :
Metropolitan
[2007]
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| Edition: | First edition 2007 |
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| See on Universidad de Navarra: | https://unika.unav.edu/discovery/fulldisplay?docid=alma991004456399708016&context=L&vid=34UNAV_INST:VU1&search_scope=34UNAV_TODO&tab=34UNAV_TODO&lang=es |
Table of Contents:
- Introduction
- pt.1. Diligence
- On washing hands
- The mop-up
- Casualties of war
- pt. 2. Doing right
- Naked
- What doctors owe
- Piecework
- The doctors of the death chamber
- On fighting
- pt. 3. Ingenuity
- The score
- The bell curve
- For performance
- Afterword : Suggestions for becoming a positive deviant
- Notes on sources
- Acknowledgments
