Customer Reviews

A must read for the medical and non-medical alike - By: Ibrahim Ali, 20 Apr 2008
In his second book Gawande turns to issues more of public health. That's not to say it's devoid of his surgical experience, but nowin addition we get the interesting public health aspects to medicine from the relentless "washing hands" to eradicating polioin India. The essays again have their perfect blend of anecdote & academia & anybody regardless of their medical experience will gain immensely from reading this. His essay on the bell curve is truly inspiring thinking, & whilst the original concept was not his there are few better able to articulate it. Whilst his last book, though scholarly was more action packed, this edition takes a more academic approach & though it may be as tense we get much welcomed insights from the public health side.