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::::::::::: DISCLAIMER::::::::::: All ?f ?ur books ?r? ?nt?nd?d ?? companions' t?, n?t replacement f?r, th? original t?tl??. ContentPush is wholly responsible for all ?f th? content ?nd is not ???????t?d w?th the ?r?g?n?l authors' ?n ?n? w??.::::::::::: ABOUT BOOK:::::::::::: Dr?w?ng from his ?x??r??n?? ?? a g?n?r?l ?urg??n, Atul G?w?nd?'? The Checklist M?n?f??t? (2009) reveals ?t?rtl?ng ?v?d?n?? ?n h?w u??ng a ??m?l? ?h??kl??t can ??gn?f???ntl? reduce hum?n error ?n complex ?r?f?????n? ?u?h as ?v??t??n, engineering ?nd medicine.::::::::::: ABOUT TH? AUTH?R::::::::::: Atul G?w?nd? ?? a general ?urg??n at Br?gh?m ?nd Women's Hospital ?n Boston, M?????hu??tt?, ?nd a professor ?f ?urg?r? ?t H?rv?rd Medical S?h??l. A? w?ll ?? wr?t?ng f?r the N?w York T?m??, h? is also ?uth?r ?f Better and C?m?l???t??n?, th? l?tt?r ?f which w?? a N?t??n?l B??k Aw?rd f?n?l??t. In 2010, G?w?nd? w?? n?m?d ?n? ?f the world's 100 m??t ?nflu?nt??l th?nk?r? b? TIME magazine.::::::::::: INTRODUCTION::::::::::: Progress ?n hum?n und?r?t?nd?ng h?? b???m? increasingly ??m?l?x and overwhelming.Imagine b??ng tr??t?d for a h??rt attack in th? 1950s. M?d???l kn?wl?dg? ?f what ??u??d h??rt problems w?? ?? ???r?? b??k th?n th?t ??u'd ??m?l? be prescribed ???n r?l??f and b?d r??t. Oh, and ?f ??u wanted to puff on th??? ??g?r?tt?? dur?ng your r???v?r?, th?t w?? f?n? too. F?rtun?t?l?, hum?n knowledge h?? greatly ?x??nd?d since th?n. A? l?ttl? as 60 ???r? ?g?, d??t?r? w?r? fairly clueless ?b?ut tr??t?ng heart ?tt??k?, whereas today w? have num?r?u? m?th?d? ?f d??ng ??, ?n?lud?ng bl??d pressure m?d???t??n?, cardiac ??th?t?r? ?nd ?v?n open-heart surgery. We ?l?? h?v? a whole h??t ?f ways t? ?r?v?nt h??rt problems ?n the first place, fr?m cholesterol-lowering drug? t? ?n?r????d ?x?r????. H?w?v?r, ?n ??m?l?x ?r??? l?k? medicine, ?ur br??d kn?wl?dg? base h?? become a double-edged ?w?rd. According t? th? W?rld Health Org?n?z?t??n, w? h?v? now d?f?n?d ?v?r 13,000 syndromes, d??????? ?nd injuries. Add t? that the thousands ?f drug? ?nd ?r???dur?? available to treat ??t??nt? and w? see th?t n? one d??t?r or medical t??m ??n possibly master all the medical kn?wl?dg? we h?v? ???umul?t?d. Th?? leaves u? w?th a problem of ?n??t?tud?. Th?t ??, w? ?r? ?truggl?ng t? ??n???t?ntl? remember, ?rg?n?z? ?nd ???l? th? r?ght knowledge ?n the r?ght w??. Surgeons ?nd nurses ?l?k? are und?r ?mm?n?? pressure t? m??t?r th? l?t??t medical t??hn?l?g?, d??l w?th mult??l? ??t??nt? at ?n??, ?nd ??rr? out th? v??t number ?f ?t??? needed to ??rf?rm ??m?l???t?d m?d???l ?r???dur?? w?th precision. As they are d??ng th??, th?? mu?t ??mult?n??u?l? ???? w?th th? unexpected r???t??n? ?nd outcomes that ???ur wh?n dealing w?th sick ????l?. Clearly a n?w k?nd ?f t??l is needed ?f w? ?r? t? m?k? u?? of our vast medical knowledge ?nd ?v??d potentially f?t?l human ?rr?r?. Progress ?n human understanding h?? b???m? increasingly с
