Format:
Book
Title:
The checklist manifesto : how to get things right / Atul Gawande.
Author:
Gawande, Atul.
Call Number:
610.289 Gawande
Edition:
1st ed.
Publisher, Date:
New York : Metropolitan Books, 2010.
Description:
209 p. ; 22 cm.
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.
Subjects:
Medical care -- Quality control.
Lists.
Clinical Competence -- Personal Narratives.
Emergency Medicine -- Personal Narratives.
Intensive Care Units -- Personal Narratives.
Contents:
The problem -- The checklist -- The master builder -- The idea -- The first try -- The checklist factory -- The test -- The hero in the age of checklists -- The save.
ISBN:
9780312430009 (trade)
9780805091748
0805091742