Atul Gawande is een gevierd auteur wiens werk zich verdiept in de complexiteit van de geneeskunde en wat werkelijk van belang is in het leven. Als zowel chirurg als schrijver behandelt hij de uitdagende vraagstukken van de gezondheidszorg en de menselijke ervaring. Zijn schrijven, geprezen om zijn duidelijkheid en diepgaande inzichten, verkent de dilemma's van de moderne geneeskunde en zoekt wijsheid in de essentie van het menselijk bestaan. Door zijn literaire bijdragen en zijn toewijding aan de volksgezondheid streeft Gawande ernaar de gezondheidszorgsystemen te verbeteren en ervoor te zorgen dat de zorg aansluit bij de fundamentele behoeften van patiënten.
A prominent surgeon argues against modern medical practices that extend life at the expense of quality of life while isolating the dying, outlining suggestions for freer, more fulfilling approaches to death that enable more dignified and comfortable choices.
Giving an account of the life of a surgeon, this book looks at what it is like to cut into people's bodies and the - literally life and death - decisions that have to be made. It includes chronicles of operations that go wrong; of doctors who go to the bad; why autopsies are necessary; and what it feels like to insert your knife into someone.
We live in a world of great and increasing complexity, where even the most expert professionals struggle to master the tasks they face. Longer training, ever more advanced technologies-neither seems to prevent grievous errors. But in a hopeful turn, acclaimed surgeon and writer Atul Gawande finds a remedy in the humblest and simplest of techniques: the checklist. First introduced decades ago by the U.S. Air Force, checklists have enabled pilots to fly aircraft of mind-boggling sophistication. Now innovative checklists are being adopted in hospitals around the world, helping doctors and nurses respond to everything from flu epidemics to avalanches. Even in the immensely complex world of surgery, a simple ninety-second variant has cut the rate of fatalities by more than a third. In riveting stories, Gawande takes us from Austria, where an emergency checklist saved a drowning victim who had spent half an hour underwater, to Michigan, where a cleanliness checklist in intensive care units virtually eliminated a type of deadly hospital infection. He explains how checklists actually work to prompt striking and immediate improvements. And he follows the checklist revolution into fields well beyond medicine, from disaster response to investment banking, skyscraper construction, and businesses of all kinds. An intellectual adventure in which lives are lost and saved and one simple idea makes a tremendous difference.
Poznámky a vlastní prožitky významného chirurga a filozofa věnované lékařské vědě a praktické medicíně. Americký chirurg a filozof ve své knize s humorem, citlivostí a kritickým nadhledem přibližuje nejrůznější aspekty lékařství, klady a zápory nových technologií i umění lékařů, kteří se často pohybují na rozhraní svých odborných znalostí a lidské intuice. První část knihy se zabývá právě omylností lékařů, druhá část se soustředí na záhady a a dosud nevyjasněné skutečnosti a jevy v medicíně a na boj s nimi, třetí část se zabývá nejistotou i obavami, které lékaři i pacienti často prožívají. Kniha je doprovázena i mnoha případy z autorovy lékařské praxe.
Examining everything from the influence of money on modern medicine to the contentious history of hand washing, this book provides a rare insight into what it takes to go from good to better
This is a stunningly well-written account of the life of a what it is like to cut into people's bodies and the terrifying - literally life and death - decisions that have to be made. There are accounts of operations that go wrong; of doctors who go to the bad; why autopsies are necessary; what it feels like to insert your knife into someone.
Ärzte sind weder allwissend, noch sind sie perfekt. Dennoch legen wir unser Leben in ihre Hände. Das mag angesichts dieser dramatischen Geschichten aus dem Alltag leichtsinnig erscheinen. In seinem fesselnden Insiderbericht veranschaulicht der amerikanische Chirurg und Journalist Atul Gawande Möglichkeiten und Grenzen der modernen Medizin.
