YASHPRAPTICHA JAHIRNAMA

ACCLAIMED SURGEON AND WRITER ATUL GAWANDE FINDS A REMEDY TO TACKLE IMMENSELY COMPLEX PROBLEMS WITH THE HUMBLEST AND SIMPLEST OF TECHNIQUES: THE CHECKLIST. IN RIVETING STORIES, GAWANDE TAKES US FROM AUSTRIA, WHERE AN EMERGENCY CHECKLIST SAVED A DROWNING VICTIM WHO HAD SPENT HALF AN HOUR UNDERWATER, TO MICHIGAN, WHERE A CLEANLINESS CHECKLIST IN INTENSIVE CARE UNITS VIRTUALLY ELIMINATED A TYPE OF DEADLY HOSPITAL INFECTION. AND HE FOLLOWS THE CHECKLIST REVOLUTION INTO FIELDS WELL BEYOND MEDICINE, FROM DISASTER RESPONSE TO INVESTMENT BANKING, SKYSCRAPER CONSTRUCTION AND BUSINESS OF ALL KINDS.