Quotes by : Atul Gawande

The core predicament of medicine - the thing that makes being a patient so wrenching, being a doctor....

All the same I fear what happens when we expand the terrain of medical practice to include actively assisting....

The simple view is that medicine exists to fight death and disease, and that is, of course, its most....

The history of American agriculture suggests that you can have transformation without a master plan,....

Life is choices, and they are relentless. No sooner have you made one choice than another is upon you.....

I am in a profession that has succeeded because of its ability to fix. If your problem is fixable, we....

A study led by the Harvard researcher Nicholas Christakis asked the doctors of almost five hundred terminally....

This was not guilt: guilt is what you feel when you have done something wrong. What I felt was shame:....

Effort does matter diligence and attention to the minutest details can save you.

No matter what measures are taken, doctors will sometimes falter, and it isn't reasonable to ask that....