we live in INTERESTING TIMES – Books: The Checklist Manifesto by …

September 5th, 2010 by adbox
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Sara Thomas Monopoli was pregnant with her first child when her doctors learned that she was going to die. One of the really bad things you can do to your
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we live in INTERESTING TIMES – QotD: Infection Risks of the ICU

September 3rd, 2010 by adbox
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People were reflecting on the writing of Atul Gawande and I think there is a lot to learn from how he tells his stories. It may help in how you give a presentation or write articles or blog posts of your own.
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How We Fail at End of Life Care | DrPullen.com | A Medical Blog …

August 22nd, 2010 by adbox
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A recent article by Atul Gawande, a surgeon, in The New Yorker, ” The last days of life,” The New Yorker, August 2, 2010, pushed me headlong into a lost morning of rumination: How well do I serve the needs of my clients when it comes
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August 22nd, 2010 by adbox
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Atul Gawande discusses his latest book, ” Better: A Surgeon's Notes on Performance.” Dr. Gawande, a surgeon at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston,
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We Can't Save You…from Slate « PHX-MedLib: the AHSL-Phoenix Blog

August 10th, 2010 by adbox
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One of the exceptions is Atul Gawande's forceful essay, ” Letting Go,” in the August 2nd New Yorker. And in the Sunday Times Magazine a few weeks ago, Katy Butler wrote a heartbreaking account of what dementia did to her father and how
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How do we recover the art of dying? – Atul Gawande …

July 30th, 2010 by adbox
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Dr. Atul Gawande: Make End of Life More Humane. http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=128828629. From NPR.org – story aired on Fresh Air 7/29/10. ” The surgeon and New Yorker staff writer writes about the difficulties
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Reach, Inc.: This Is What We Get To Do.

July 2nd, 2010 by adbox
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The Score by Atul Gawande does a good job of explaining the prevalence of caesarean section – obstetricians optimise for the Apgar score, which only measures the baby's health, not the mother's. Comments (by default) are open for 60
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Essay to ponder…are we just a bunch of wolves? | timi

June 13th, 2010 by adbox
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Atul Gawande defends the Dartmouth Atlas in the NYT #NYT letters, from 2 researchers and Dr. Atul #Gawande: The #Dartmouth Research on #Health #Care
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We Should All Have a Little List

June 11th, 2010 by adbox
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Any good summer reads to pass the time while waiting through the app process?Answer:Medicine-related books: Complications by Atul Gawande Better by Atul.

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The ACP Advocate Blog by Bob Doherty: Do we really want Washington …

May 28th, 2010 by adbox
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Atul Gawande has a study on checklists in this month's Annals of Surgery http:// bit.ly/aw0JN9.
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What We Don't Know About Our Health Care System | BlogHalt.com …

February 15th, 2010 by adbox
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The day after appearing on “Daily Show,'' Atul Gawande, author of “The Checklist Manifesto,'' was in Cambridge. He did a Q&A at the Charles Hotel yesterday.

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What We Don't Know About Our Health Care System | BlogHalt.com …

February 13th, 2010 by adbox
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The day after appearing on “Daily Show,'' Atul Gawande, author of “The Checklist Manifesto,'' was in Cambridge. He did a Q&A at the Charles Hotel yesterday.

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