Scan barcode
A review by rogoreads
Better: A Surgeon's Notes on Performance by Atul Gawande
4.0
Each chapter was compelling and could stand alone (which makes sense, since some started out as long articles in magazines like The New Yorker). Nearly all of the anecdotes were interesting and backed up his points well, and his way of framing things in a novel light was fun to read and think about. It reminded me a bit of Malcolm Gladwell, if you're into that.
Sometimes his own personal biases got in the way, though, particularly in the chapter about medical participation in lethal injections (so the conclusion he drew at the end seemed more informed by his gut than the stories he had just told us about). There was also a graphic description of a C-section in the chapter about obstetrics that bothered me, but otherwise the book was a really good read and an informative glimpse into a field I know little about.
Sometimes his own personal biases got in the way, though, particularly in the chapter about medical participation in lethal injections (so the conclusion he drew at the end seemed more informed by his gut than the stories he had just told us about). There was also a graphic description of a C-section in the chapter about obstetrics that bothered me, but otherwise the book was a really good read and an informative glimpse into a field I know little about.