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Author:

Gawande, Atul.

Title:

The checklist manifesto : how to get things right / Atul Gawande.

Publisher:

Picador,

Copyright Date:

2010, c2009

Description:

xviii, 215 p. ; 21 cm.

Subject:

Medical care--Quality control.
Lists.
Medical care--Quality control.
Quality control.
Lists.
Medical care--Quality control.
Clinical Competence.
Emergency Medicine.
Intensive Care Units.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. [201]-209).

Contents:

The problem of extreme complexity -- The checklist -- The end of the master builder -- The idea -- The first try -- The checklist factory -- The test -- The hero in the age of checklists -- The save.

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.

ISBN:

0312430000 (pbk.)
9780312430009 (pbk.) :

OCLC:

(OCoLC)548616640

Locations:

BOPG851 -- Ames Public Library (Ames)

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

A2PD787 -- Carter Lake Public Library (Carter Lake)

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)

CEAX572 -- Kirkwood Community College Library (Cedar Rapids)

I6OX771 -- Mercy College Library (Des Moines)

AKPC906 -- Eldon Public Library (Eldon)

VYPA964 -- Fort Atkinson Public Library (Fort Atkinson)

KJPF566 -- Fort Madison Public Library (Fort Madison)

SOAX911 -- Simpson College - Dunn Library (Indianola)