In fiction, the old world of ex-pat print journalists in Rome beckons. If you'd rather face the facts, there's unconventional parenting advice or Atul Gawande's prescriptions for modern surgeons. Plus memoirs by novelist Siri Hustvedt and rocker Ozzy Osbourne, and a biography of Warren Beatty.
This week, a novel asks, does God exist? David Malouf reimagines an episode from Homer's Iliad, and surgeon-writer Atul Gawande offers a simple solution for the complicated problem of healing patients. Also, a memoir of life and linguistics in an Amazon tribe.
The surgeon and writer talks about the massively complicated process of keeping patients alive and shares his simple solution for how that process might be streamlined. Gawande's newest book is called The Checklist Manifesto.
by Linda Kulman
Some doctors are "better" than others. The author and surgeon explores the meaning of excellence in medicine — and life. On the page and off, Gawande is obsessed with the fragile balance between doing harm and doing good.
by Atul Gawande
Some doctors are "better" than others. The author and surgeon explores the meaning of excellence in medicine — and life.
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