Probably the most telling chapters were directed at Dr. The beleaguered medical malpractice insurance requirements that plague every doctors pocketbook is hit hard upon, including a look at why it is necessary and why the system is headed for deep trouble. The ease with which its spread is preventable is as simple as a hand cleanser, yet getting doctors (and other medical staff) to do this is nearly impossible. The simplest would be his chapter on hand washing, and how effective it can be for preventing the spread of infection, especially such newly dangerous things as MRSA, an antibiotic resistant bacterial strain that is killing hospital patients far too often. Leading us down simple and often shocking paths, Gawande gives us complicated facts but in laymen's terms. Although both Complications and Better are short story compilations, Complications lacked cohesiveness whereas Better had no such problems. Gawande's other writings and was pleasantly surprised to find this collection of stories. Having thoroughly enjoyed Complications, I decided to check out Dr. "We can do better," he tells us, and thus begat the title: BETTER. What can medicine do to improve the quality of patient care around the world? That is, at its heart, the question that author Atul Gawande throws at readers and practitioners alike.
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