Dr. Atul Gawande: 'Why Do Doctors Fail?'
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The first of four lectures by renowned Boston surgeon, New Yorker writer and best-selling author Atul Gawande. The BBC's Reith Lecture series on "The Future of Medicine." Today's lecture is titled, "Why Do Doctors Fail?"
Atul Gawande says there is an explosion of discovery, but there are many areas of complete ignorance.
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