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**The __New York Times__ bestselling author of __Better__ and __Complications__ reveals the surprising power of the ordinary checklist** We live in a world of great and increasing complexity, where even the most expert professionals struggle to master the tasks they face. Longer training, ever more advanced technologies―neither seems to prevent grievous errors. But in a hopeful turn, acclaimed surgeon and writer Atul Gawande finds a remedy in the humblest and simplest of techniques: the checklist. First introduced decades ago by the U.S. Air Force, checklists have enabled pilots to fly aircraft of mind-boggling sophistication. Now innovative checklists are being adopted in hospitals around the world, helping doctors and nurses respond to everything from flu epidemics to avalanches. Even in the immensely complex world of surgery, a simple ninety-second variant has cut the rate of fatalities by more than a third. In riveting stories, Gawande takes us from Austria, where an emergency checklist saved a drowning victim who had spent half an hour underwater, to Michigan, where a cleanliness checklist in intensive care units virtually eliminated a type of deadly hospital infection. He exp

Who reads The Checklist Manifesto : How to Get Things Right?

Author

Atul Gawande; Overdrive Inc

Publisher

Metropolitan Books

Published

2009

Language

EN

ISBN

9781847651877

Category

self-help

Subjects

Medical, Fiction, Self Help

Rating

4.03 / 5 (24,634 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14