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In gripping accounts of true cases, surgeon Atul Gawande explores the power and the limits of medicine, offering an unflinching view from the scalpel’s edge. Complications lays bare a science not in its idealized form but as it actually is—uncertain, perplexing, and profoundly human.Complications is a 2002 National Book Award Finalist for Nonfiction.Amazon.com ReviewGently dismantling the myth of medical infallibility, Dr. Atul Gawande's Complications: A Surgeon's Notes on an Imperfect Science is essential reading for anyone involved in medicine--on either end of the stethoscope. Medical professionals make mistakes, learn on the job, and improvise much of their technique and self-confidence. Gawande's tales are humane and passionate reminders that doctors are people, too. His prose is thoughtful and deeply engaging, shifting from sometimes painful stories of suffering patients (including his own child) to intriguing suggestions for improving medicine with the same care he expresses in the surgical theater. Some of his ideas will make health care providers nervous or even angry, but his disarming style, confessional tone, and thoughtful arguments should win over most readers. Compli

Who reads Complications : a Surgeon's Notes on an Imperfect Science?

Author

Atul Gawande

Publisher

Metropolitan Books; Picador

Published

2002

Language

EN

ISBN

9780805063196

Category

science

Subjects

Medical, Memoir, Fiction

Rating

4.24 / 5 (26,885 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14