{"product_id":"complications-a-surgeons-notes-on-an-imperfect-science-9780312421700","title":"Complications: A Surgeon's Notes on an Imperfect Science","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn gripping accounts of true cases, surgeon Atul Gawande explores the power and the limits of medicine, offering an unflinching view from the scalpel's edge. Complications lays bare a science not in its idealized form but as it actually is--uncertain, perplexing, and profoundly human. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eComplications \u003c\/i\u003eis a 2002 National Book Award Finalist for Nonfiction.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-3047305\"\u003eAtul Gawande\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Metropolitan Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/01\/2003\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 288\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.60lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.20h x 5.40w x 0.90d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780312421700\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0312421702\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC Categories:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-MED\"\u003eMedical\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-MED109000\"\u003eEssays\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-MED\"\u003eMedical\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-MED085000\"\u003eSurgery | General\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAtul Gawande\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of four bestselling books: \u003ci\u003eComplications\u003c\/i\u003e, a finalist for the National Book Award; \u003ci\u003eBetter\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eThe Checklist Manifesto;\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eBeing Mortal\u003c\/i\u003e. He is also a surgeon at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston, a staff writer for \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e, and a professor at Harvard Medical School and the Harvard School of Public Health. He has won the Lewis Thomas Prize for Writing about Science, a MacArthur Fellowship, and two National Magazine Awards. In his work in public health, he is Founder and Chair of Ariadne Labs, a joint center for health systems innovation, and Lifebox, a nonprofit organization making surgery safer globally. He is also chair of Haven, where he was CEO from 2018-2020. He and his wife have three children and live in Newton, Massachusetts.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Metropolitan Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42705064394989,"sku":"9780312421700","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/8097\/6621\/files\/img_c21a6610-e0a8-434b-a361-0662d124486e.jpg?v=1747456882","url":"https:\/\/sureshotbooks.com\/products\/complications-a-surgeons-notes-on-an-imperfect-science-9780312421700","provider":"SureShot Books Publishing LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}