6/8/2023 0 Comments Better book atul gawandeThe amount of behind-the-scenes work in each of these fields is colossal, and coordinating all those people is a seriously complex task in itself. Or a live concert by U2 is portrayed as the four band members who get on stage. Much like surgery is portrayed as a solitary surgeon with a knife. Software development is often portrayed as people sitting at desks typing source code, and thats it. This hit a chord with me, because I find it interesting how much it also applied to other fields. All this is before he finally gets to do what he trained to do – pick up a knife to start cutting. The opening chapter gives a great description of all his non-medical preparations for a specific surgery case of a patient of his describing all his dealing with hospital administrators, the patient, nurses, other doctors in the hours required to plan the surgery, and the unforeseen circumstances which change those plans without warning. To give you an flavor of the book, here’s two quick points that really resonated with me personally. While the book is written by a surgeon, and naturally focuses on medical situations, he does so in a style that is totally readable by everyone, and on topics that I think are important to everyone, not just other surgeons. I’ve read it end-to-end twice, and dipped back into specific sections a few times since.
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