Better: A Surgeon's Notes on Performance by Atul Gawande

Better: A Surgeon's Notes on Performance

Atul Gawande

273 pages first pub 2007 (editions)

nonfiction science informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

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NATIONAL BESTSELLER The New York Times bestselling author of Being Mortal and Complications examines, in riveting accounts of medical failure and triumph, how success is achieved in a complex and risk-filled profession The struggle to perform well...

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informative 98%
reflective 59%
inspiring 53%
challenging 25%
hopeful 22%
emotional 20%
funny 5%
lighthearted 3%
dark 1%
mysterious 1%
tense 1%

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slow 10%

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