combine quality control‚ cost control‚ and innovation. Can health care? Article Summary In his August 2013 article‚ Dr. Atul Gawande discusses how large conglomerates in health care could increase quality‚ control cost‚ and maximize innovation if they would only consider methods employed by a prominent and successful restaurant chain – The Cheesecake Factory. Gawande argues The Cheesecake Factory is able to consistently provide high-quality food and service at reasonable prices because they
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In Being Mortal‚ Dr. Atul Gawande explains in the book’s opening chapter how our modern age’s demographic shifts have inspired a phenomenon he calls the “veneration of the independent self.” Dr. Gawande discusses how in the past surviving to old age was uncommon where in the late 18th-century‚ for example‚ those 65 and older made up less than two percent of the U.S. population compared to now comprising approximately 14 percent. Furthermore‚ he describes that parents living longer has led their children
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Atul Gawande’s book Being Mortal and the corresponding Frontline Program described many examples of individuals being diagnosed with terminal illnesses and how they and the medical professionals responded to their diagnoses (2014). I was surprised to learn that Gawande‚ who is an oncologist‚ and many of his colleagues did not want to tell their terminally ill patients that they are dying. Informing someone that they are dying would not be a pleasant task to undertake‚ however I thought that doctors
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conditions‚ approaches to challenging task and communication style when collaboration with colleagues are obligatory‚ thus are similar key components in the medical and teaching profession. However‚ according to the article‚ “The Bell Curve” by Atul Gawande‚ accountability for the results‚ which considered “average work”‚ does not hold prominence as do in the teaching profession. Like the attributes of Dr. Warren Warwick‚ director of Fairview University Children’s Hospital‚ an exemplary teacher has
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A Good Life/A Good Death Atul Gawande’s book Being Mortal and the corresponding Frontline Program described many examples of individuals being diagnosed with terminal illnesses and how they and the medical professionals responded to their diagnoses. I was surprised to learn that Gawande‚ who is an oncologist‚ and many of his colleagues did not want to tell their terminally ill patients that they are dieing. I understand that informing someone that they are dying would not be a pleasant task to undertake
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Evaluating aspects from a scientific perspective is not limited to only people who are pursuing science as a career or major. Atul Gawande‚ respected surgeon and author‚ understands this concept well and works to encourage the public to trust in testing a hypothesis no matter how profound. Through utilizing the strategies of incorporating personal experience‚ rhetorical questions‚ and a motivational tone‚ Gawande’s article‚ The Mistrust of Science‚ pushes readers to face challenges without a doubt
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I agreed with Gawande approached who addresses the condition of aging. He raises the issues on the quality of life in the last day. In the book Being Mortal‚ as the bestselling author Atul Gawande he tackled the hardest challenge of his profession: how medicine can not only improve life‚ but correspondingly the process of it ending. Medicine has triumphed in modern time‚ transforming birth‚ injury‚ and infectious disease from upsetting to manageable. But in the foreseeable condition of aging and
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Being Mortal is a book written by surgeon Atul Gawande about the limitations of current healthcare in handling patients who are declining toward death‚ something that he feels is not taught properly to those caring for them. In the book‚ Gawande (2014) wrote‚ “…When I came to experience surgical training and practice‚ I encountered patients forced to confront the realities of decline and mortality‚ and it did not take long to realize how unready I was to help them” (p. 3). His sentiments describe
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In “How Do We Heal Medicine?”‚ Atul Gawande in an inspiring Ted Talk asserts that the complexity of modern medicine has caused us to fail millions of patients‚ however‚ if we work together we can begin to make our health care system work. He voices an instance where he and a team of people created a checklist for surgery to battle complications and patient death. In which so he articulates‚ “We implemented this checklist in eight hospitals around the world‚ deliberately in places from rural Tanzania
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Biology Enriched Extra Credit Better: A Surgeon’s Notes on Performance Chapter 1: On Washing Hands Mr. Gawande starts his literature on washing hands. He introduces two friends a microbiologist and an infectious disease specialist. Both work hard and diligently against the spread of diseases just like Semmelweis who is mentioned in the chapter. Something I learned‚ that not many realize‚ is that each year two million people acquire an infection while they are in the hospital
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