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This reads as a critique of compliance without real change. It suggests that following a checklist is useful, but only as the beginning of a deeper habit of working together carefully and consistently. It lands in settings where people are tempted to treat procedure as the finish line, instead of a tool for better practice.
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Books by Atul Gawande
Being Mortal
2014
Complications
2002
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2014
Better
2008