In his book Complications: A Surgeon’s Notes on an Imperfect Science, Atul Gawande briefly discusses paraskevidekatriaphobia as part of a section on superstitions and fears. What is it?
a. Fear of paramedics
b. Fear of Friday the thirteenth
c. Fear of syringes
d. Fear of having to pronounce really long words
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a. Fear of paramedics
b. Fear of Friday the thirteenth
c. Fear of syringes
d. Fear of having to pronounce really long words
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Atul Gawande
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November 05, 1965
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Brooklyn, New York, The United States
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Atul Gawande is a general and endocrine surgeon at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston, Massachusetts, and associate director of their Center for Surgery and Public Health. He is also an assistant professor at the Harvard School of Public Health and an assistant professor of surgery at Harvard Medical School.
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Complications: A Surgeon's Notes on an Imperfect Science (Paperback) by Atul Gawande avg rating 4.15 — 2838 ratings — published 2003 14 editions |
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Better: A Surgeon's Notes on Performance (Hardcover) by Atul Gawande avg rating 4.00 — 1905 ratings — published 2007 6 editions |
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The Best American Science Writing 2006 (Best American Science Writing) by Atul Gawande avg rating 4.02 — 147 ratings — published 2006 |
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Atul Gawande on tour for book "Better: A Surgeon's Notes on Performance"
February 15, 2009 03:00PM
Loaf and Ladle Restaurant, 9 Water Street, Exeter, NH, The United States
Water Street Bookstore hosts a book group discussion held at the Loaf and Ladle one Sunday of each Month at 3 p.m. This month's selection is Complications: A Surgeon's Notes on an Imperfect Science by Atul Gawande. Please join Liz Whaley for a great discussion on Sunday. For more information call us at 603 778 9731.
February 15, 2009 03:00PM
Loaf and Ladle Restaurant, 9 Water Street, Exeter, NH, The United States
Water Street Bookstore hosts a book group discussion held at the Loaf and Ladle one Sunday of each Month at 3 p.m. This month's selection is Complications: A Surgeon's Notes on an Imperfect Science by Atul Gawande. Please join Liz Whaley for a great discussion on Sunday. For more information call us at 603 778 9731.
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quotes by Atul Gawande
"better is possible. It does not take genius. It takes diligence. It takes moral clarity. It takes ingenuity. And above all, it takes a willingness to try."
— Atul Gawande (Better: A Surgeon's Notes on Performance)
— Atul Gawande (Better: A Surgeon's Notes on Performance)
"We look for medicine to be an orderly field of knowledge and procedure. But it is not. It is an imperfect science, an enterprise of constantly changing knowledge, uncertain information, fallible individuals, and at the same time lives on the line. There is science in what we do, yes, but also habit, intuition, and sometimes plain old guessing. The gap between what we know and what we aim for persists. And this gap complicates everything we do."
— Atul Gawande (Complications: A Surgeon's Notes on an Imperfect Science)
— Atul Gawande (Complications: A Surgeon's Notes on an Imperfect Science)
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"Don’t let yourself be. Find something new to try, something to change. Count how often it succeeds and how often it doesn’t. Write about it. Ask a patient or a colleague what they think about it. See if you can keep the conversation going."
— Atul Gawande
— Atul Gawande
