The checklist manifesto : how to get things right /

The checklist manifesto : how to get things right /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Gawande, Atul.
Edition:	1st ed.
Imprint:	New York, N.Y. : Metropolitan Books, 2010.
Description:	x, 209 p. ; 22 cm.
Language:	English
Subject:	Medical care -- Quality control. Lists. Clinical Competence -- Personal Narratives. Emergency Medicine -- Personal Narratives. Intensive Care Units -- Personal Narratives. Lists. Medical care -- Quality control.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/7932497

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ISBN:	9780805091748 0805091742
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references.
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.

Table of Contents:

Introduction
1. The problem of extreme complexity
2. The checklist
3. The end of the master builder
4. The idea
5. The first try
6. The checklist factory
7. The test
8. The hero in the age of checklists
9. The Save
Notes on sources
Acknowledgments