We want progress in medicine to be clear and unequivocal, but of course it rarely is. Every new treatment has gaping unk — Atul Gawande, Complications: A Surgeon's Notes on an Imperfect Science
We want progress in medicine to be clear and unequivocal, but of course it rarely is. Every new treatment has gaping unk — Atul Gawande, Complications: A Surgeon's Notes on an Imperfect Science
We want progress in medicine to be clear and unequivocal, but of course it rarely is. Every new treatment has gaping unk — Atul Gawande, Complications: A Surgeon's Notes on an Imperfect Science
We want progress in medicine to be clear and unequivocal, but of course it rarely is. Every new treatment has gaping unk — Atul Gawande, Complications: A Surgeon's Notes on an Imperfect Science
We want progress in medicine to be clear and unequivocal, but of course it rarely is. Every new treatment has gaping unk — Atul Gawande, Complications: A Surgeon's Notes on an Imperfect Science
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We want progress in medicine to be clear and unequivocal, but of course it rarely is. Every new treatment has gaping unknowns - for both patients and society - and it can be hard to decide what do do about them.

— Atul Gawande, Complications: A Surgeon's Notes on an Imperfect Science
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