Plus, people are individual in ways that rockets are not—they are complex. No two pneumonia patients are identical. Even with the same bacteria, the same cough and shortness of breath, the same low oxygen levels, the same antibiotic, one patient might get better and the other might not. A doctor must be prepared for unpredictable turns that checklists seem completely unsuited to address. Medicine contains the entire range of problems—the simple, the complicated, and the complex—and there are often times when a clinician has to just do what needs to be done. Forget the paperwork. Take care of
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