A Conversation on Being Mortal with Dr. Atul Gawande - Convocation 2018

Surgeon, writer, and public health leader Dr. Atul Gawande sat down for a conversation with HDS Dean David N. Hempton on Sept. 6, 2018, as part of the 99th Ingersoll Lecture on Immortality during HDS's 203rd Convocation ceremony in September.
Gawande, MD, MPH, is CEO of the non-profit-seeking health care venture formed by Amazon, Berkshire Hathaway, and JPMorgan Chase to deliver better outcomes, satisfaction, and cost efficiency in care. He is author of the bestselling book Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End. He practices general and endocrine surgery at Brigham and Women’s Hospital. He is a professor in the Department of Health Policy and Management at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health and the Samuel O. Thier Professor of Surgery at Harvard Medical School.
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1:30:24 "Our problem is not bad doctors who make mistakes; our problem is good doctors (and nurses and others) who make mistakes."

[@toonishwarhead]

Starts at 36:10

[@suzanned1673]

good grief - and thanks for sharing!

[@prarthanakotkar9170]

Thank you

[@aperson2730]

Not all heroes wear capes 🙏

[@TM-100]

1:15:30

[@AT-kx6fj]

The more I listen to him, the less I like him!!
He is an opportunist who turned his career to fame and became a celebrity!
It seems that he is not a very good surgeon!

[@kathrynrivera8954]

He seems alright. Seems shy but I’m only 1/3 the way thru

[@mangowaffles4213]

Where did you see this? Name a specific example?

[@Don-vx6rz]

Jealous