Giving an account of the life of a surgeon, this book looks at what it is like to cut into people's bodies and the - literally life and death - decisions that have to be made. It includes chronicles of operations that go wrong; of doctors who go to the bad; why autopsies are necessary; and what it feels like to insert your knife into someone.

From the international bestselling author of Better, Complications and The Checklist Manifesto and Reith Lecturer 2014, a revolutionary and emotionally searing account of death, dying and medicine.

Explores how doctors strive to close the gap between best intentions and best performance in the face of obstacles that sometimes seem insurmountable. This book discusses the ethical dilemmas of doctors' participation in lethal injections and examines the influence of money on modern medicine.

In de #1 New York Times bestseller 'Sterfelijk zijn' bespreekt Atul Gawande aan de hand van onderzoek en aangrijpende verhalen de grootste uitdaging van zijn vak: hoe kan de geneeskunde niet alleen het leven maar ook het levenseinde verbeteren?

Het proces van ouder worden en sterven is een medische aangelegenheid geworden die door professionals in de gezondheidszorg gemanaged wordt. In verzorgingshuizen zitten mensen omwille van de veiligheid in rolstoelen. In ziekenhuizen liggen stervenden g...