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The Reith Lectures: The Problem of Hubris

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Atul Gawande

09/12/2014

The Problem of Hubris

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Dr Atul Gawande examines the problems in ageing and death and the limits of healthcare

Dr Atul Gawande examines the problems in ageing and death and the limits of healthcare.

Dr Atul Gawande is a practising surgeon at Brigham and Women's Hospital and Professor at both the Harvard School of Public Health and Harvard Medical School. He’s well known for his writing on medicine, and his research on medical error and performance. Amongst his other roles, he is Director of Ariadne Labs, a joint centre for health systems innovation, and Chairman of Lifebox, a global charity reducing unsafe surgery globally.
 
This third lecture, The Problem of Hubris, he examines the great unfixable problems in life and healthcare - ageing and death. Gawande will argue that the reluctance of society and medical institutions to recognise the limits of what professionals can do is producing widespread suffering. But research is revealing how this can change.

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