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  “Making systems work is the great task of my generation of physicians and scientists. But I would go further and say that making systems work — whether in healthcare, education, climate change, making a pathway out of poverty — is the great task of our generation as a whole.” — Atul Gawande

  Atul Gawande: How do we heal medicine?

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  “Just using a checklist requires [doctors] to embrace different values from ones we've had, like humility, discipline, teamwork.” — Atul Gawande

  Atul Gawande: How do we heal medicine?

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  “You can't make a recipe for something as complicated as surgery. Instead, you can make a recipe for how to have a team that's prepared for the unexpected.” — Atul Gawande

  Atul Gawande: How do we heal medicine?

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  “Having great components is not enough, and yet we've been obsessed in medicine with components. We want the best drugs, the best technologies, the best specialists, but we don't think too much about how it all comes together.” — Atul Gawande

  Atul Gawande: How do we heal medicine?

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  “[The pre-penicillin era] was when the core structure of medicine was created. … It was at a time when what was known, you could know. You could hold it all in your head and you could do it all.” — Atul Gawande

  Atul Gawande: How do we heal medicine?

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  “[In medicine,] we have trained, hired and rewarded people to be cowboys, but it's pit crews that we need.” — Atul Gawande

  Atul Gawande: How do we heal medicine?

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