Better. A Surgeon's Notes on Performance

In this unflinching look at medicine today, gifted surgeon and bestselling author Atul Gawande visits battlefield surgical tents in Iraq, a polio outbreak in India and malpractice courtrooms. He charts the race to extend cystic fibrosis patients' lives and discusses the ethical implications of doctors' participation in lethal injections in the United States. Examining everything from e 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.