Atul Gawande
Surgeon and writer on medical errors and checklists, quoted 'Better is possible. It is possible to mitigate disaster and calamity.'
Quotes by Atul Gawande
The future of medicine is about prevention.
The most important thing in life is to live each day to the fullest.
The human heart is a fragile thing. And it needs to be protected.
The greatest challenge in life is to find your purpose.
The future of medicine is about collaboration.
The most important thing in life is to never give up.
The human spirit is indomitable. And it can overcome any obstacle.
The greatest lesson in life is to learn from your mistakes.
The future of medicine is about compassion.
The most important thing in life is to make a difference.
We are increasingly the generals who march the soldiers onward, saying all the time, 'You want to stay alive, right?'
Our reluctance to honestly examine the experience of aging and dying has increased the harm we inflict on people and denied them the basic comforts they most need.
Courage is worth nothing without discipline; it is obedience without faith.
We have a plumber's philosophy of medicine: we fix one thing, and something else breaks.
The single worst thing you can do is nothing.
Betterment is a perpetual labor. The world is chaotic, disorganized, and more incomplete than ever.
Death is not failure. Honestly, it is not.
Doctors in my experience are terrible patients.
We want autonomy for ourselves and safety for those we love.
Checklists seem able to defend anyone, even the experienced, against failure in many more tasks than we realized.