The checklist manifesto : how to get things right / Atul Gawande.

By: Gawande, AtulMaterial type: TextTextPublication details: New York : Picador, 2011, c2010Edition: 1st Picador edDescription: xviii, 215 p. ; 21 cmISBN: 9780312430009 (pbk.) :; 0312430000 (pbk.)Subject(s): Clinical Competence | Emergency Medicine | Intensive Care Units | Medical care -- Quality control | ListsLOC classification: RA 399 .A1 | G39 2011
Contents:
The problem of extreme complexity -- The checklist -- The end of the master builder -- The idea -- The first try -- The checklist factory -- The test -- The hero in the age of checklists -- The save.
Summary: Reveals the surprising power of the ordinary checklist now being used in medicine, aviation, the armed services, homeland security, investment banking, skyscraper construction, and businesses of all kinds.
Item type: Book List(s) this item appears in: High-Interest Non-Fiction
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [201]-209)

The problem of extreme complexity -- The checklist -- The end of the master builder -- The idea -- The first try -- The checklist factory -- The test -- The hero in the age of checklists -- The save.

Reveals the surprising power of the ordinary checklist now being used in medicine, aviation, the armed services, homeland security, investment banking, skyscraper construction, and businesses of all kinds.

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