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Atul Gawande

出生: November 05, 1965 – Brooklyn, New York, United States

Atul Gawande is an American surgeon, writer, and public health leader whose work explores medicine, systems improvement, aging, and end-of-life care. He is the author of Complications, The Checklist Manifesto, and Being Mortal, a National Book Award finalist, and has influenced clinical practice and public debates on healthcare quality.

名言

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Anything is possible in people’s lives
-A Townie Speaks
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No one should be counted out
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You will only find meaning in what you struggle with
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We’re in the machine
-In the Belly of the Medical Machine
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It’s stunning. It’s inspiring
-In the Belly of the Medical Machine
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There is a lot of uncertainty about exactly what to do
-An interview with Atul Gawande
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It certainly does affect you
-An interview with Atul Gawande
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Nothing is static. We’re all on a learning curve
-Surgeon Atul Gawande wants everyone to have a coach

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社区声音

"No one writes about medicine as a human subject as well as Atul Gawande"

Adam Gopnik

"Atul Gawande is a rare and wonderful storyteller who portrays his profession with bravery and humanity"

Ellen Goodman

"Atul Gawande is not only adding to the small shelf of books by doctors that every layman should read"

Michael Lewis

"The writings of Atul Gawande convey the quiet assurance and tone of the doctor acting as both observer and participant"

Sherwin Nuland

"Every subject Atul Gawande touches is probed and dissected and turned inside out with such deftness and feeling...the reader is left breathless"

Malcolm Gladwell

"Being Mortal is an essential and insightful book for our times, as one would expect from Atul Gawande, one of our finest physician writers"

Oliver Sacks

"Atul Gawande is a Harvard-trained surgeon and a former White House official, but he writes like a human being—and a born writer"

Michael Kinsley

"Atul Gawande's insightful book illuminates the challenging choices members of the profession face every day"

Los Angeles Times

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