Checklist Manifesto How to Get Things Right

Name: Checklist Manifesto How to Get Things Right
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ISBN: 9780312430009

ISBN-10: 0312430000

ISBN-13: 9780312430009

Edition: 2010

Authors: Atul Gawande

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The "New York Times"-bestselling author and surgeon reveals the surprising power of the ordinary checklist. Dr. Gawande explains how this simplest of technologies has helped doctors and nurses respond to everything from flu epidemics to avalanches.

Book details

List price: $17.99
Copyright year: 2010
Publisher: Henry Holt & Company
Publication date: 1/4/2011
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 240
Size: 5.40" wide x 8.25" long x 0.65" tall
Weight: 0.462
Language: English

Atul Gawande is a surgical resident in Boston and staff writer on medicine and science for The New Yorker. A former Rhodes scholar, he received his M.D. from Harvard Medical School. He lives with his wife and three children in Newton, Massachusetts.



Introduction



The Problem of Extreme Complexity



The Checklist



The End of the Master Builder



The Idea



The First Try



The Checklist Factory



The Test



The Hero in the Age of Checklists



The Save


Appendix: Example Checklists


Notes on Sources


Acknowledgments