Atul Gawande on Priorities, Big and Small
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Surgery - Should the FDA Regulate New Procedures?
New surgical procedures, should the fda have greater ability to regulate them than it has right now? Yes. Hereally interesting things is that, basically, surgical procedures are not easily protocalized, correct and so ta. Youknow, we're still in that sort of craft world in surgery. And so i as a surgeon, i can kind of do whatever operation i deem appropriate, sueand the only thing thatis regulating me is the threat of being sued for malpractice.
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