The higher the stakes, the more necessary and prudent this becomes. In Gawande’s view, great surgeons will act decisively, but recognise the limitations of their science and skill. The field brings its share of doubts, missteps, failures and surprises. It’s science mixed with habits, intuition and occasional guessing. For all its knowledge and procedures, medicine is an imperfect science, characterised by changing knowledge, incomplete information and fallible individuals. Gawande describes medicine as a messy field. In this post, we’ll review some of the messages that I took from Gawande’s work. It contains a myriad of lessons, not only for those in healthcare, but for those in business as well. Complications is both an insightful and educational book. This includes Gawande’s reflections on the challenges and choices we face when making decisions under uncertainty. The book provides insight into the fallibilities, mysteries and uncertainties of medicine. Surgeon Atul Gawande (and now CEO of Haven Healthcare) compiled a collection of essays, written during his general residency, in his book Complications: A Surgeon’s Notes on an Imperfect Science.
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