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THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF COMPLICATIONS EXAMINES, IN RIVETING ACCOUNTS OF MEDICAL FAILURE AND TRIUMPH, HOW SUCCESS IS ACHIEVED IN A COMPLEX AND RISK-FILLED PROFESSION THE STRUGGLE TO PERFORM WELL IS UNIVERSAL: EACH ONE OF US FACES FATIGUE, LIMITED RESOURCES, AND IMPERFECT ABILITIES IN WHATEVER WE DO. BUT NOWHERE IS THIS DRIVE TO DO BETTER MORE IMPORTANT THAN IN MEDICINE, WHERE LIVES ARE ON THE LINE WITH EVERY DECISION. IN HIS NEW BOOK, ATUL GAWANDE EXPLORES HOW DOCTORS STRIVE TO CLOSE THE GAP BETWEEN BEST INTENTIONS AND BEST PERFORMANCE IN THE FACE OF OBSTACLES THAT SOMETIMES SEEM INSURMOUNTABLE. GAWANDE S GRIPPING STORIES OF DILIGENCE, INGENUITY, AND WHAT IT MEANS TO DO RIGHT BY PEOPLE TAKE US TO BATTLEFIELD SURGICAL TENTS IN IRAQ, TO LABOR AND DELIVERY ROOMS IN BOSTON, TO A POLIO OUTBREAK IN INDIA, AND TO MALPRACTICE COURTROOMS AROUND THE COUNTRY. HE DISCUSSES THE ETHICAL DILEMMAS OF DOCTORS PARTICIPATION IN LETHAL INJECTIONS, EXAMINES THE INFLUENCE OF MONEY ON MODERN MEDICINE, AND RECOUNTS THE ASTOUNDINGLY CONTENTIOUS HISTORY OF HAND WASHING. AND AS IN ALL HIS WRITING, GAWANDE GIVES US AN INSIDE LOOK AT HIS OWN LIFE AS A PRACTICING SURGEON, OFFERING A SEARINGLY HONEST FIRSTHAND ACCOUNT OF WORK IN A FIELD WHERE MISTAKES ARE BOTH UNAVOIDABLE AND UNTHINKABLE. AT ONCE UNFLINCHING AND COMPASSIONATE, BETTER IS AN EXHILARATING JOURNEY NARRATED BY "ARGUABLY THE BEST NONFICTION DOCTOR-WRITER AROUND" (SALON). GAWANDE S INVESTIGATION INTO MEDICAL PROFESSIONALS AND HOW THEY PROGRESS FROM MERELY GOOD TO GREAT PROVIDES RARE INSIGHT INTO THE ELEMENTS OF SUCCESS, ILLUMINATING EVERY AREA OF HUMAN ENDEAVOR. डॉ. अतुल गवांदे या शल्यविशारदाचं गुणवत्तेबाबतचं चिंतन प्रकट करणारं पुस्तक आहे 'बेटर.' वैद्यकीय क्षेत्रातील कार्यक्षमता, प्रयोगशीलता, कल्पकता, विश्वासार्हता, एकूणच या क्षेत्रातील गुणवत्ता कशी वाढेल, याकडे डॉ. गवांदे यांनी लक्ष वेधलं आहे. या गुणवत्तेसंबंधी विवेचन करताना त्यांनी वैद्यकीय क्षेत्रातील अनेक विषयांना स्पर्श केला आहे. अगदी हात स्वच्छ करण्यापासून ते फाशीच्या कोठडीतील डॉक्टर्सपर्यंत. त्यांनी या विवेचनाला उदाहरणांची जोड दिल्यामुळे त्यांच्या मुद्द्यांमध्ये स्पष्टता आली आहे. या पुस्तकाचा समारोप आणि एकूणच हे पुस्तक वैद्यकीय क्षेत्रात येऊ पाहणाऱ्या विद्यार्थ्यांसाठी आणि त्या क्षेत्रात काम करणाऱ्यांसाठीही मार्गदर्शक ठरावं. अगदी साध्या-सोप्या भाषेत लिहिल्यामुळे हे पुस्तक वाचनीय झालं आहे.