The Checklist Manifesto: How to Get Things Right

The Checklist Manifesto: How to Get Things Right
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<P>In his latest bestseller, Atul Gawande shows what the simple idea of the checklist reveals about the complexity of our lives and how we can deal with it.</P><P>The modern world has given us stupendous know-how. Yet avoidable failures continue to plague us in health care, government, the law, the financial industry-in almost every realm of organized activity. And the reason is simple: the volume and complexity of knowledge today has exceeded our ability as individuals to properly deliver it to people-consistently, correctly, safely. We train longer, specialize more, use ever-advancing technologies, and still we fail. Atul Gawande makes a compelling argument that we can do better, using the simplest of methods: the checklist. In riveting stories, he reveals what checklists can do, what they can't, and how they could bring about striking improvements in a variety of fields, from medicine and disaster recovery to professions and businesses of all kinds. And the insights are making a difference. Already, a simple surgical checklist from the World Health Organization designed by following the ideas described here has been adopted in more than twenty countries as a standard for care and has been heralded as â€œthe biggest clinical invention in thirty years" (<I>The Independent</I>).</P></DIV></DIV>
Country USA
Brand Metropolitan Books
Manufacturer Metropolitan Books
Binding Paperback
ItemPartNumber 15375474
ReleaseDate 2011-01-04
UnitCount 1
EANs 9780312430009

Country	USA
Brand	Metropolitan Books
Manufacturer	Metropolitan Books
Binding	Paperback
ItemPartNumber	15375474
ReleaseDate	2011-01-04
UnitCount	1
EANs	9780312430009

The Checklist Manifesto: How to Get Things Right

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