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    Siddhant Kasat Writing 39A Dr. Langdon 22th May‚ 2016. Reading- People or Words? The main character in the story‚ “The Man Who Couldn’t Read” by Gary Smith‚ is John Corcoran‚ who was an illiterate millionaire. This vigilant and highly strategic character tried to hide a major part of himself for his whole life. He was determined to achieve success‚ but was always terrified to tell his parents or teachers about his plight. Thus‚ the only option left for him was to find a way on his own- observing

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    New Yorker‚ Atul Gawande addresses the issues regarding to the current medical care system that fails to meet the needs of the patients with terminal illness. Gawande points out that the patients want to spend more quality time with their family members and having some special last moments rather than struggling to stay alive when they know that the chances are thin. Knowing the time to let go was one of the crucial part of the art of dying which people nowadays has forgotten. Gawande argues that

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    Schneider found that physicians who are less emotionally engaged are able to reason with patients without the distortions of fear and attachment. They work in a scientific culture that disciplines the way they make decisions‚ which include identifying the best possible outcome for the patient‚ which often includes the patient’s informed opinion. They have the benefit of ‘group rationality’ which are norms based on scholarly literature‚ refined practice and relevant

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    English) or from this class‚ they’ve greatly increased in usage and my writings have become increasingly smooth. In English I‚ the fall semester of Freshman year‚ I wrote a paper on the book Better by Atul Gawande‚ titled Three Ways to Succeed in Medicine. Even the starting paragraph lacks transitions: Atul Gawande’s novel‚ Better: A Surgeon’s Notes on Performance‚ shows ways to succeed in the medical profession. Three requirements add up to create the most efficient way to function as a health care

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    The Checklist Manifesto by Atul Gawande speaks to the bare essentials‚ the simple nature of applying what is operations management. He writes about how a checklist‚ a simple checklist‚ can be used to effectively reduce mistakes especially pertaining to experts if well designed and properly implemented. He particularly stresses the successful applications of checklists in medicine‚ aviation‚ construction and finance‚ but makes clear that it is not just in these fields‚ but in any and every component

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    In the article of “The Man who Couldn’t Read”‚ it stated‚ “ We can’t waste time to blaming anyone. As a country we need to become obsessed with teaching people to read‚ now.” This quote is very significant to me because not many people likes to read. For example‚ My little brother does not like to read. I have to coercively tell him to read because his negligence gets to him. I have to coercively tell him to read but he sometimes defies me. I continuously tell him the benefits of reading‚ for example;

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    Jon Reiner‚ a man who has been to hell and back. His life could quite possibly be labeled as a “series of unfortunate events”. The Man Who Couldn’t Eat revolves around the unsatisfying life of Jon Reiner. A man who has lived a life of diet‚ unsatisfactory cravings‚ and non-refundable trips to the bathroom. Jon Reiner’s autobiographical novel tells a story about a time-stricken event that had happened in his adult life. Reiner has lived with a disease known as Crohn’s disease. Crohn’s disease is

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    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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    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 Gawandewho 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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    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 Gawandewho 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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