How do we fix medicine? - Atul Gawande
Apr 08, 2026•25 min
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Episode description
Our medical systems are broken. Doctors are capable of extraordinary (and expensive) treatments, but they are losing their core focus: actually treating people. Doctor and writer Atul Gawande suggests we take a step back and look at new ways to do medicine -- with fewer cowboys and more pit crews.
Talk by Atul Gawande.
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