The New York Times bestselling author of Better and Complications reveals the surprising power of the ordinary checklist We live in a world of great and increasing complexity, where even the most expert professionals struggle to master the tasks they face. Longer training, ever more advanced technologies—neither seems to prevent grievous errors. But in a hopeful turn, acclaimed surgeon and writer Atul Gawande finds a remedy in the humblest and simplest of techniques: the checklist. First introduced decades ago by the U.S. Air Force, checklists have enabled pilots to fly aircraft of mind-boggling sophistication. Now innovative checklists are being adopted in hospitals around the world, helping doctors and nurses respond to everything from flu epidemics to avalanches. Even in the immensely complex world of surgery, a simple ninety-second variant has cut the rate of fatalities by more than a third. In riveting stories, Gawande takes us from Austria, where an emergency checklist saved a drowning victim who had spent half an hour underwater, to Michigan, where a cleanliness checklist in intensive care units virtually eliminated a type of deadly hospital infection. He explains how checklists actually work to prompt striking and immediate improvements. And he follows the checklist revolution into fields well beyond medicine, from disaster response to investment banking, skyscraper construction, and businesses of all kinds. An intellectual adventure in which lives are lost and saved and one simple idea makes a tremendous difference, The Checklist Manifesto is essential reading for anyone working to get things right.

[美] 阿圖•葛文德（Atul Gawande）

白宮最年輕的健康政策顧問、影響奧巴馬醫改政策的關鍵人物、受到金融大鰐查理•芒格大力褒奬的醫學工作者、《時代周刊》2010年全球100位最具影響力人物榜單中唯一的醫生

哈佛公共健康學院教授、哈佛醫學院教授、世界衛生組織全球病患安全挑戰項目負責人、《紐約客》SLATE雜誌醫學專欄作傢

美國麥剋阿瑟天纔奬獲得者、2003年美國最佳短篇奬得主、2002及2009年美國最佳科學短篇奬得主、2009年榮獲哈斯丁斯中心大奬（Harstings Center Award），2004年被《新聞周刊》評為“20位最具影響力的南亞人物”，2010年入選《時代周刊》評選的“100位最具影響力人物”。