Page 1 ‘Those who believe, as many of us need to at some time in our lives, that doctors
know best will not be pleased to read Atul Gawande’s book. But any Briton brought up on the …

Dr. Atul Gawande believes that too much information about medical practice has been"
hidden, behind drapes and anesthesia and the elisions of language."(1) He should know. As a …

… It was thus with a mixture of excitement and skepticism that I approached Complications: a
Surgeon's Notes on an Imperfect Science, a new book by Atul Gawande, a resident surgeon …

… It is an imperfect science, an enterprise of constantly changing knowledge, uncertain
information, fallible individuals, and at the same time lives on the line. There is science in what we …

THE favorable reception with which the first four editions of the" Science and Art of Surgery"
have met in this country, on the Continent of Europe, and in America, has induced me to …

Archibald Watson was an Australian anatomist and surgeon who kept operating theater
diaries. He made detailed notes on the work of surgeons that he observed in Britain and North …

… form of a truly exceptional book, Complications: A Surgeon's Notes on an Imperfect'Science. …
Consequently, three aspects of Complications should be of special interest to lawyers and …

… smirk by wrinkled surgeons to their disciples. And, in fact, complications are an integral
component of our trade whatever we do is associated with potential or actual complications. …

As an active surgeon and former department chairman, Dr. Paul A. Ruggieri has seen the
good, the bad, and the ugly of his profession. In Confessions of a Surgeon, he pushes open …

… I desire to make it perfectly clear that I would not feel free to present and discuss the resultsof
my studies at Worcester City Hospital did I not feel assured that our problems are those of …