The Collected Works of Atul Ga The Checklist Manifesto + Better + Being Mortal + Complications

Combined box set of all the bestselling books by Atul Gawande acclaimed surgeon and writerIn The Checklist Manifesto Gawande finds a remedy to tackle immensely complex problems with the humblest of techniques the checklist. Through riveting stories from the fields of medicine to disaster response investment banking to skyscraper construction and businesses he demonstrates how the checklist can help anyone improve their own and others' lives.In Being Mortal Gawande argues that an acceptance of mortality must lie at the center of the way we treat the dying. Using his experiences (and missteps) as a surgeon comparing attitudes toward aging and death in the West and in India he provides an extraordinary account of loss. Questioning profound and deeply moving Being Mortal is a masterpiece.In Better Gawande's gripping stories take us to battlefield surgical tents in Iraq delivery rooms in Boston a polio outbreak in India and malpractice courtrooms in the US. He discusses the ethical dilemma of lethal injections examines the influence of money on modern medicine and recounts the contentious history of hand-washing. And as in all his writing he gives us an inside look at his own life as a surgeon.In Complications Gawande performs surgery on medicine itself laying bare a science that is complicated perplexing and profoundly human. Dramatic true stories explore how mistakes occur why good surgeons go bad and what happens when medicine comes up against the inexplicable.