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Loading... Complications: A Surgeon's Notes on an Imperfect Scienceby Atul Gawande
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will love Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book.  oldman | Aug 9, 2009 |  I ate this up in a day. What I learned is that MRSA is extra-scary and that we shouldn't be afraid of the machines taking over medicine, because it will allow us doktors more time to spend with people and also take some of the responsibility off of us. damsorrow | Jul 22, 2009 | A great collection of essays on the practice of medicine. Gawande really lays it all out there and is quick to point out his own mistakes and failures. I felt like I was getting a straight and honest impression of the profession as I read it. Very humanizing. We read this for book club 2/09 and all nine readers really liked it. We had one of our most interesting talks in a long time. The book is divided up into three parts and the most fascinating section was on mysteries. I particularly found intersesting the essay on pain and its origins in the body. How responsible is mentality when it comes to pain? How does the environment play into an individuals perception of toleration of pain? Very deftly handled in the book. (  ) BenjaminHahn | Mar 10, 2009 | This is a well-written, thoughtful series of essays on surgery, medicine, and doctors as people. I came out of it feeling more informed about the decisions doctors make every day, what goes wrong and what goes right. There were very few dull moments. Gawande's prose is matter of fact but lively. Recommended. ( ) allthesedarnbooks | Mar 9, 2009 | This book is pretty great. It offers the audience a true look into the surgeons mind and body of knowledge. While I read, I began to understand more about the limitations of medicine and science in general. Surgeons are brilliant and dedicated, but still human. ( )1  ald83 | Jan 7, 2009 |  no reviews | add a review
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Because I work in medicine and understand the issues, the complexity and the "art" besides the science I found the book somewhat a review of my day-to-day work. It is a truer view than many such books I have read. I would recommend this book, if only for the different scenes and how decisions are made in medicine. (