Gawande, Atul

The Checklist Manifesto: How to Get Things Right

Metropolitan Books:
New York: 2009
Hardcover, New in dust jacket,
209 pp
Cover artwork by: Lisa Fyfe

Okay, my memory’s not that great. I employ checklists all the time. Apparently so do a number of other people. “. . . the author and surgeon reveals the surprising power of the ordinary checklist. Dr. Gawande explains how this simplest of technologies has helped doctors and nurses respond to everything from flu epidemics to avalanches.” And in the process, one would imagine, shows us how the simple checklist can improve our lives.   #42875