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If the conversation people think is coming is the 'death panel' conversation, that's a total failure.

If the conversation people think is coming is the 'death panel' conversation, that's a total failure.

Atul Gawande
Thinking, People, Conversation
"Atul Gawande: “We Have Medicalized Aging, and That Experiment Is Failing Us”". Interview with Michael Mechanic, www.motherjones.com. October 7, 2014.

This is the reality of intensive care: at any point, we are as apt to harm as we are to heal.

Atul Gawande
Reality, Care, Harm
Atul Gawande (2010). “The Checklist Manifesto: How to Get Things Right”, p.28, Macmillan

In one study, old people assigned to a geriatrics team stayed independent for far longer, and were admitted to the hospital less.

Atul Gawande
Team, Independent, People
"Atul Gawande: “We Have Medicalized Aging, and That Experiment Is Failing Us”". Interview with Michael Mechanic, www.motherjones.com. October 7, 2014.

Outsiders tend to be the first to recognize the inadequacies of our social institutions. But, precisely because they are outsiders, they are usually in a poor position to fix them.

Atul Gawande
Outsiders, Firsts, Poor
"Medical Report" by Atul Gawande, www.newyorker.com. January 24, 2011.

When we lived in a society where we had large families that lived together, especially in agricultural societies like my grandfather and father grew up in, the result is you always had family around to take care of you.

Atul Gawande
Father, Together, Care
"Atul Gawande: “We Have Medicalized Aging, and That Experiment Is Failing Us”". Interview with Michael Mechanic, www.motherjones.com. October 7, 2014.

When I do an operation, it's half a dozen people. When it goes beautifully, it's like a symphony, with everybody playing their part.

Atul Gawande
Symphony, People, Half

When [disease] can't be stopped, that's where we become lost.

Atul Gawande
Disease, Lost

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.

Atul Gawande
Long, People, Brain
"Atul Gawande: “We Have Medicalized Aging, and That Experiment Is Failing Us”". Interview with Michael Mechanic, www.motherjones.com. October 7, 2014.

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