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A Surgeon Notes

NPR | By Scott Simon
Published January 31, 2003 at 10:00 PM MST

NPR's Scott Simon talks to Atul Gawande, author of Complications: A Surgeon's Notes on an Imperfect Science. It's a book about the imperfection of medicine and the fallibility of doctors.

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Scott Simon is the host of Weekend Edition Saturday and is one of the hosts of NPR's morning news podcast Up First.
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