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Being Mortal - Illness Medicine & What by Atul Gawande
$27.99 AUD
Category: Science | Series: Wellcome | Reading Level: very good
Medicine has triumphed in modern times, transforming birth, injury, and infectious disease from harrowing to manageable. But in the inevitable condition of aging and death, the goals of medicine seem too frequently to run counter to the interest of the human spirit. Nursing homes, preoccupied with safet ...Show more
Being Mortal - Illness, Medicine and What Matters in the End by Atul Gawande
$24.99 AUD
Category: Science | Series: Wellcome Collection Ser. | Reading Level: near fine
For most of human history, death was a common, ever-present possibility. It didn't matter whether you were five or fifty - every day was a roll of the dice. But now, as medical advances push the boundaries of survival further each year, we have become increasingly detached from the reality of being mort ...Show more
Better: A Surgeon's Notes on Performance by Atul Gawande
$24.99 AUD
Category: Science | Reading Level: General Adult
The struggle to perform well is universal, but nowhere is this drive to do better more important than in medicine. In his new book, Atul Gawande explores how doctors strive to close the gap between best intentions and best performance in the face of obstacles that sometimes seem insurmountable. His vivi ...Show more
Better - A Surgeon's Notes on Performance by Atul Gawande
$35.00 AUD
Category: Science | Reading Level: good-very good
The struggle to perform well is universal, but nowhere is this drive to do better more important than in medicine. In his new book, Atul Gawande explores grippingly how doctors strive to close the gap between best intentions and best performance in the face of obstacles that sometimes seem insurmountabl ...Show more
Complications: A Surgeon's Notes on an Imperfect Science by Atul Gawande
$24.95 AUD
Category: Biography & Memoir
'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. 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 who ...Show more
Complications : A Surgeon's Notes on an Imperfect Science by Atul Gawande
$22.99 AUD
Category: Science
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. There are accounts of operations that go wrong; of doctors who go to the bad; why autopsies are necessary; what ...Show more
The Best American Science Writing 2006 by Atul Gawande
$24.95 AUD
Category: Science
A rock-and-roll loving surgeon explores the full range of scientific inquiry--from biochemistry, physics, and astronomy, to genetics, evolutionary theory, and cognition. This collection provides a comprehensive overview of the year's most thought-provoking and exciting scientific developments.
The Checklist Manifesto: How To Get Things Right by Atul Gawande
$22.99 AUD
Category: Philosophy, Politics & Current Affairs
One of the top ten greatest doctors in the world looks at the lowly checklist, and how this simple idea - which is free to reproduce - will revolutionise the way we approach problems, and help save lives. Today we find ourselves in possession of stupendous know-how, which we willingly place in the hands ...Show more
The Checklist Manifesto: How to Get Things Right by Atul Gawande
$29.99 AUD
Category: Philosophy, Politics & Current Affairs
The bestselling author of Better and Complications explores the significance of the lowly checklist, and how it has revolutionised medical practice and saved lives. Today we find ourselves in possession of stupendous know-how, which we willingly place in the hands of the most highly skilled and hardwork ...Show more
The Doctor Stories by William Carlos Williams; William Eric Williams; Atul Gawande
$24.95 AUD
Category: Biography & Memoir
The Doctor Stories collects thirteen of Williams's stories (direct accounts of his experiences as a doctor), six related poems, and a chapter from his autobiography that connects the world of medicine and writing, as well as a new preface by Atul Gawande, an introduction by Robert Coles (who put the boo ...Show more
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