"What is the alternative to understanding the complexity……" — Atul Gawande

"What is the alternative to understanding the complexity of the world?"

— Atul Gawande

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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,…
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?
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.
At times, in medicine, you feel you are inside a colossal and impossibly complex machine whose gears will turn for…

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