There is another theme that unites these essays, however. The articles focus on surgical training, bad doctors, and what happens when doctors make mistakes. In the section titled Fallibility, Gawande reveals the ways that surgeons are not perfect. He makes his mark as a science writer by relating scientific concepts directly to personal experiences. He writes with clarity, without sacrificing accuracy for simplicity. He adds a personal touch by framing the science with a story. Although his essays are thoroughly researched, he doesn’t just plod through a list of science and statistics. He began writing Medicine and Science essays for the online magazine Slate during the second year of his residency. He’s even a certified genius-he was awarded the MacArthur “genius” grant in 2006. His résumé is impressive: surgeon, staff writer for The New Yorker, assistant professor at Harvard Medical School. He wrote Complications in the seventh year of his eight-year residency program. Gawande is a general surgeon at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston. But the book isn’t horrifying or overly critical. More specifically-as the title implies-he addresses the problems of surgery.Ĭomplications is a collection of essays grouped under three central themes: Fallibility, Mystery, and Uncertainty-not exactly what one wants to think about before undergoing an operation. In Complications: A Surgeon’s Notes on an Imperfect Science, Atul Gawande, a general surgeon, addresses the current state of the science and practice of surgery.
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