pbNATIONAL BESTSELLER pThe iNew York Timesi bestselling author of iBeing Mortali and iComplicationsi examines, in riveting accounts of medical failure and triumph, how success is achieved in a complex and risk-filled professionb pThe struggle to perform well is universal each one of us faces fatigue, limited resources, and imperfect abilities in whatever we do. But nowhere is this drive to do better more important than in medicine, where lives are on the line with every decision. In this book, Atul Gawande explores how doctors strive to close the gap between best intentions and best performance in the face of obstacles that sometimes seem insurmountable. pGawande's gripping stories of diligence, ingenuity, and what it means to do right by people take us to battlefield surgical tents in Iraq, to labor and delivery rooms in Boston, to a polio outbreak in India, and to malpractice courtrooms around the country. He discusses the ethical dilemmas of doctors' participation in lethal injectio