Quotes About Atul

Atul Gawande's recent A Checklist Manifesto

under conditions of complexity, not only are checklists a help, they are required for success.

the studies show that you're better off sticking with the computer's judgment.

he was the one who had put in the most time caring for Walker.

individual autonomy hardly seems the ideal we should aim for.

he told them of the dire condition she was in when she arrived

Josiah Royce wrote a book with the title The Philosophy of Loyalty.

his own failure to be at her bedside when things got out of control.

He described the bad lighting and her extremely thick neck, and was careful to make those sound not like excuses but merely like complicating factors.

Some attendings shook their heads in sympathy.

in the hierarchy, addressing my errors was Ball's role.

In the end, a checklist is only an aid. If it doesn't aid, it's not right. But if it does, we must be ready to embrace the possibility.

he had brought in no income since the previous August.

after pondering suicide, Goodman called Neff at his office.

but I began to have doubts about pulling out the screw.

Felix Silverstone, who for twenty-four years was the senior geriatrician at the Parker Jewish Institute

As far as Raikar Case' is concerned, I give the entire credit to the writer because of the way they have written this show. It is extremely intriguing.

If the conversation people think is coming is the 'death panel' conversation, that's a total failure.