"I was never born to write. I was……" — Atul Gawande
"I was never born to write. I was taught to write. And I am still being taught to write."
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58 Quotes by Atul Gawande
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Having great components is not enough, and yet we've been obsessed in medicine with components. We want the best drugs,…
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We recruit for attitude and train for skill,
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Good checklists, on the other hand are precise. They are efficient, to the point, and easy to use even in…
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The striking thing is that WHO doesn't really have the authority to do any of this. It can't tell governments…
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The possibilities and probabilities are all we have to work with in medicine, though. What we are drawn to in…
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I chose surgery because I thought that perhaps this would make me more like the kind of person I wanted…
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What about regular professionals, who just want to do what they do as well as they can?
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What is the alternative to understanding the complexity of the world?
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A failure often does not have to be a failure at all. However, you have to be ready for it-will…
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You can't make a recipe for something as complicated as surgery. Instead, you can make a recipe for how to…
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Making systems work is the great task of my generation of physicians and scientists. But I would go further and…
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Just using a checklist requires [doctors] to embrace different values from ones we've had, like humility, discipline, teamwork.
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