Author: Atul Gawande

Quotes

You know, 97 percent of the time, if you come into a hospital, everything goes well. But three percent of the time, we have major complications.

You know, 97 percent of the time, if you come into a hospital, everything goes well. But three percent of the time, we have major complications.

- Atul Gawande

Providing health care is like building a house. The task requires experts, expensive equipment and materials, and a huge amount of coordination.

Providing health care is like building a house. The task requires experts, expensive equipment and materials, and a huge amount of coordination.

- Atul Gawande

People say that the most expensive piece of medical equipment is the doctor's pen. It's not that we make all the money. It's that we order all the money.

People say that the most expensive piece of medical equipment is the doctor's pen. It's not that we make all the money. It's that we order all the money.

- Atul Gawande

The history of American agriculture suggests that you can have transformation without a master plan, without knowing all the answers up front.

The history of American agriculture suggests that you can have transformation without a master plan, without knowing all the answers up front.

- Atul Gawande

I have always believed that there is nothing greater than a life in rock n' roll - it has to be good rock n' roll - and I still think it is true.

I have always believed that there is nothing greater than a life in rock n' roll - it has to be good rock n' roll - and I still think it is true.

- Atul Gawande

I write because it's my way of finding cool ideas, thinking through hard problems and things I don't understand, and getting better at something.

I write because it's my way of finding cool ideas, thinking through hard problems and things I don't understand, and getting better at something.

- Atul Gawande

Oliver Sacks remains my hero to this day. He was one of the first medical writers I read. The other was Lewis Thomas, who is no longer alive but is just heroic to me.

Oliver Sacks remains my hero to this day. He was one of the first medical writers I read. The other was Lewis Thomas, who is no longer alive but is just heroic to me.

- Atul Gawande

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