Ifs Quotes by Atul Gawande

8 Ifs quotes by Atul Gawande

Atul Gawande’s eight statements on “ifs” bring his medical and ethical perspective into concise reflections on decision‑making. The short collection offers a clear glimpse into his analytical yet humane voice.

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People who reach certain levels of frailty, more important than getting their mammogram, more important than getting their blood pressure tweaked, they're…

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If I became just a brain in a jar - as long as I can communicate back and forth with people, that…

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No travel ban or quarantine will seal a country completely. Even if travel could be reduced by eighty per cent-itself a feat-models…

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If the conversation people think is coming is the 'death panel' conversation, that's a total failure.

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Sometimes we can offer a cure, sometimes only a salve, sometimes not even that. But whatever we can offer, our interventions, and…

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If we took away the ability to put defibrillators in people in their last years, people would be shouting in the streets.

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Culture matters. Of course, if physicians are rewarded or penalized for their service and results, the culture will change. But the key…

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You know, 97 percent of the time, if you come into a hospital, everything goes well. But three percent of the time,…

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My biggest fear, that 27 percent of Americans under 65 have an existing health condition that, without the protections of the Affordable Care Act,…

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“..how we seek to spend our time may depend on how much time we perceive ourselves to have. When you are young and healthy,…

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“I cannot pretend he escaped unscathed. The extended period of low blood pressure damaged an optic nerve and left him essentially blind in one…

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The battle of being mortal is the battle to maintain the integrity of one’s life,

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“an average of $94,000 during the last year of life with a metastatic breast cancer. Our medical system is excellent at trying to stave…

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“we need practice to get good at what we do. There is one difference in medicine, though: it is people we practice upon.”

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People underestimate the importance of dilligence as a virtue. No doubt it has something to do with how supremely mundane it seems. It is…

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Developing a skill is painful, though. It is difficult. And that's part of the satisfaction. You will only find meaning in what you struggle…

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Just look at the list of who the lowest-paid people are. Pediatricians are at the bottom. You would also look at internists. You would…

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“When Felix came to this crossroads, the orthopedic shoe to drop wasn’t his. It was Bella’s. Year by year, I witnessed the progression in…

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