Checklists By Atul Gawande Summary

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The book offers an impressive measure of amazing stories about the ampleness of checklists, especially in their usage as a memory management devices and in building correspondence and participation amongst the group. Gawande investigates the management of multifaceted nature in medicine, accounting, infrastructure development, hotel management, and aeronautics. In doing accordingly, he finds that the checklist is the device of the choice. Checklists offer a system for compelling slip-ups as for the known. There is an old saying as to the evil presence you know being better than anything the devil you don't. Checklists are charms against the evil spirits we know. Gawande proceeds to talk about applying a patient consideration checklist to the

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