A review by trin
Better: A Surgeon's Notes on Performance by Atul Gawande

4.0

As with his previous book, [book: Complications], Gawande offers a candid, humorous, and humanizing look at the field of medicine, with specific focus on simple ways he feels doctors could improve. (The opening section, for example, is entitled “On Washing Hands.”) Gawande seems like the type of doctor anyone would feel lucky to have: honest, thoughtful, diligent, not afraid to own up to his own mistakes. His books are fascinating, and while I don’t know how he finds the time to write them, I hope he keeps doing so.