The Checklist Manifesto: How to Get Things Right »

A rock n roll loving surgeon who writes for The New Yorker, Atul Gawande has a gift for describing both medical mishaps and awe-inspiring surgical techniques with authoritative ease. Gawande s gift was recognized when his first collection of essays, Complications: A Surgeon's Notes on an Imperfect Science, was nominated for a 2002 National Book Award.

The New York Times bestselling author of Better and Complications reveals the surprising power of the ordinary checklist.

The Washington Post - Sarah Halzack

Even skeptical readers will find the evidence staggering. Gawande found a host of studies that show dramatic drops in death or infection from a certain procedure once a hospital implemented a checklist for doing it right. Marshaling anecdotes and analysis, he implores the medical community to use checklists more widely…Thoughtfully written and soundly defended, this book calls for medical professionals to improve patient care by adopting a basic, common-sense approach.