About the Book: The Checklist Manifesto: How to Get Things Right
Acclaimed surgeon and writer Atul Gawande finds a remedy to tackleimmensely
complex problems with the humblest of techniques: thechecklist. In riveting
stories, Gawande takes us from Austria, where anemergency checklist saved a
drowning victim who had spent half an hourunderwater, to Michigan, where a
cleanliness checklist in intensive careunits virtually eliminated a type of
deadly hospital infection. And he followsthe checklist revolution into fields
well beyond medicine, from disasterresponse to investment banking, skyscraper
construction and businessof all kinds.
About the Author: Atul Gawande
Atul Gawande is the author of three bestselling books: Complications,a finalist
for the National Book