TY - JOUR T1 - Great Saves, Great Failures JF - British Journal of General Practice JO - Br J Gen Pract SP - 147 LP - 147 DO - 10.3399/bjgp14X677635 VL - 64 IS - 620 AU - Patricia McWalter Y1 - 2014/03/01 UR - http://bjgp.org/content/64/620/147.2.abstract N2 - Atul Gawande Profile Books, 2011 PB, 224pp, £8.99, 978-1846683145This book is for anyone who believes in the importance of checklists for the smooth running of organisations. The author, a surgeon himself, opens by discussing the banter that goes on between surgeons on their ‘great saves’ and ‘great failures’. He ponders on why we fail in the medical world; we simply lack full understanding or either fail to apply our knowledge. Knowledge and technical sophistication have increased but what of our ability to … ER -