Checklist Manifesto The (R/J)

Acclaimed surgeon and writer Atul Gawande finds a remedy to tackle immensely complex problems with the humblest of techniques: the checklist. In riveting stories Gawande takes us from Austria where an emergency checklist saved a drowning victim who had spent half an hour underwater to Michigan where a cleanliness checklist in intensive care units virtually eliminated a type of deadly hospital infection. And he follows the checklist revolution into fields well beyond medicine from disaster respon...See More