*looks at date*

Er. Better late than never?

Once again, I read fewer books this year. On the other hand, only two books less than last year, so I think that is not bad, considering that I started grad school and all! And I managed to blog every book I read, with the exception of rereads.

The biggest change for me in 2008 was starting the 50books_poc ( Read more... )

I ran to get this after I finished Gawande's Better. I think I may like it a smidgen better than Better, even though this is an earlier book, but most of that is simply subject-matter preference on my part. Both books are very well-written, compulsive reads.

While Better is on improving systems, Complications is about when systems fail, ( Read more... )

As noted in the subtitle, this is a book about bettering performance in the medical sphere, though Gawande's findings can be applied to more general situations as well. He covers hand-washing compliance in hospitals, medical professionals and legal executions, the standardization of child-birth, the increasing rates of success for medical ( Read more... )