302 Quotes by Atul Gawande
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If I became just a brain in a jar - as long as I can communicate back and forth with people, that would be okay with me.
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Our ideas of what our priorities are shift as we come face-to-face with some of the struggles.
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Expertise is the mantra of modern medicine.
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In one study, old people assigned to a geriatrics team stayed independent for far longer, and were admitted to the hospital less.
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Writing lets you step back and think through a problem. Even the angriest rant forces the writer to achieve a degree of thoughtfulness.
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If we took away the ability to put defibrillators in people in their last years, people would be shouting in the streets.
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The battle of being mortal is the battle to maintain the integrity of one’s life,
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I learned about a lot of things in medical school, but mortality wasn't one of them.
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And in stories, endings matter.
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