Atul Gawande

work in order to perform effective treatments. In the books Tracy Kidder’s Mountains Beyond Mountains: The Quest Of Dr. Paul Farmer, A Man Who Would Cure The World, Harriet McBryde Johnson’s Too Late To Die Young: Nearly True Tales From A Life, and Atul Gawande’s Better: A Surgeon’s Note On Performance, three authors all explore how trust plays a role in the medical treatment. In fact, I believe it’s important to make the patients trust the doctors on both medical…

today. “People are prone to resist scientific claims when they clash with intuitive beliefs” (Gawande 3). Atul Gawande, from the article “The Mistrust of Science,” is trying to say that people who hold strongly on to their beliefs are not easily convinced that science is always correct, despite the evidence behind it all. “And we are expecting a significant incline in trust in scientific authorities” (Gawande 3). We may ask ourselves, how can that possibly be true? I do believe that we have…

reproducible regardless of where and who the care is provided for. As our country continues to debate what kind of healthcare it wants and detail methods of reform, equity is a word that draws varying perspectives in its delivery. A recent article by Atul Gawande on the discussion of healthcare being a right discussed the interplay between people believing that they should get the healthcare they can afford versus the American government providing a comprehensive standard of care for all its…

Santa Cruz, points out, “Everyone’s identity is socially created: it’s through your relationships that you understand yourself as a mother or father…. a hero or villain. But after years of isolation, many prisoners change in another way…” (qtd in Gawande). Humans are depending on their contact with other people, through the conversation, they would not only know more about other people but also establishes a sense of “self” and to learn…

Abortion Introduction Many views have been considered towards abortion. It is regarded as one of the most crucial issues to be discussed. I have chosen this topic since it represents a heated debate that involves lots of views and perspectives. Also, this topic has been at the top of many agendas for discussion to reach somewhere between the two extremes those who adopt abortion as an option and others who oppose tis belief. In this research, I will be presenting views regarding abortion and…

When doctors make mistakes is an article which was written by Atul Gawande. The main point why Gawande wrote his article was because he wanted to bring out the real picture of what the medical officers are doing. He wanted to expose how medicine is disturbing and strange business since it is surprising and messy. He wanted to show the public that all doctors do mistakes when undergoing their day-to-day activities but these mistakes are usually unavoidable. Through this, he was trying to bring…

1) What does quality mean? According the readings in blackboard there are many different definitions of quality. However, in my opinion, I do think the best definition is “the degree to which health services for individuals and populations increase the likelihood of desired health outcomes and are consistent with current professional knowledge.” (Docteura and Berenson, 2009). 2) Do the two articles (in the syllabus and the extra reading) define quality in a way that makes sense to you. Why or…

mortality and decides life to take its course? Most doctors might think that death is a failure and goes against their role of healers, but on the contrary, death is the natural order of life and trying to prolong life can do more harm than good. Atul Gawande, a general surgeon, said, “People with serious illness have priorities besides simply prolonging their lives. If your problem is fixable, we know just what to do. But if it’s not? The fact that we have had no adequate answers to this…

Dr Arun Gadre and Dr Abhay Shukla have recently written a book, 'Dissenting Diagnosis', which was published by Penguin. The book exposed a range of malpractices in the medical profession, mainly in the mushrooming new swanky private hospitals, however smaller clinics and hospitals are also not devoid of such practices. The writer mention how Doctors would carry out malpractices in order to achieve the targets set by hospital management, since these hospitals and pharmaceutical companies give…

“I am sorry” were the last words uttered by my Grandfather as he laid on his deathbed with pain and sorrow. Hearing his last words come out of his feeble mouth right before my eyes, was heartbreaking. I felt as if he was being poisoned before my eyes. Hospitals in Ethiopia, created to help people, make them feel better, and filter out malpractices, neither establish trust nor comfort. My aunt turned to me with depletion and said: “Tracy, read this medication.We’re not sure if it is harming…