The New York Times bestselling author of Complications examines, in riveting accounts of medical failure and triumph, how success is achieved in a complex and risk-filled profession The struggle to perform well is universal: each o...

In his latest bestseller, Atul Gawande shows what the simple idea of the checklist reveals about the complexity of our lives and how we can deal with it.The modern world has given us stupendous know-how. Yet avoidable failures continu...

Named a Best Book of the Year byThe Washington Post Apple iBooks The New York Times Book Review NPR Amazon Chicago TribuneMedicine has triumphed in modern times, transforming the dangers of childbirth, injury, and disease from ha...