"We Have Medicalized Aging, and That Experiment Is…" — Atul Gawande

"We Have Medicalized Aging, and That Experiment Is Failing Us"

— Atul Gawande

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58 Quotes by Atul Gawande

Atul Gawande has 58 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

Having great components is not enough, and yet we've been obsessed in medicine with components. We want the best drugs,…
We recruit for attitude and train for skill,
Good checklists, on the other hand are precise. They are efficient, to the point, and easy to use even in…
The striking thing is that WHO doesn't really have the authority to do any of this. It can't tell governments…
The possibilities and probabilities are all we have to work with in medicine, though. What we are drawn to in…
I chose surgery because I thought that perhaps this would make me more like the kind of person I wanted…
What about regular professionals, who just want to do what they do as well as they can?
What is the alternative to understanding the complexity of the world?
A failure often does not have to be a failure at all. However, you have to be ready for it-will…
You can't make a recipe for something as complicated as surgery. Instead, you can make a recipe for how to…
Making systems work is the great task of my generation of physicians and scientists. But I would go further and…
Just using a checklist requires [doctors] to embrace different values from ones we've had, like humility, discipline, teamwork.

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More Aging Quotes

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Education is the best provision for old age. — Aristotle
Musicians don't retire; they stop when there's no more music in them. — Louis Armstrong
When old people speak it is not because of the sweetness of words in our mouths; it is because we… — Chinua Achebe
Another belief of mine; that everyone else my age is an adult, whereas I am merely in disguise. — Margaret Atwood
I've never understood why people consider youth a time of freedom and joy. It's probably because they have forgotten their… — Margaret Atwood
The class distinctions proper to a democratic society are not those of rank or money, still less, as is apt… — Wystan Hugh Auden
Give me chastity and continence, but not yet. — Saint Augustine
You must become an old man in good time if you wish to be an old man long. — Marcus Aurelius
I think your whole life shows in your face and you should be proud of that. — Lauren Bacall
Age appears to be best in four things; old wood best to burn, old wine to drink, old friends to… — Francis Bacon
I will never be an old man. To me, old age is always 15 years older than I am. — Francis Bacon
He that will not apply new remedies must expect new evils; for time is the greatest innovator. — Francis Bacon

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