Ariadne is a center for health system innovation, part of harvard. It's run about 20 projects in surgery, childbirth and end of life care. The average american has eight operations in their lifetime. Its the highest risk, highest cost, highest a failure moment in your lifetime. And then how you leave the world, end of life Care.
The surgeon, researcher, and celebrated writer joined Tyler for a conversation on why Watson will never diagnose your illness, what George Church’s narcolepsy teaches us about CRISPR, what’s missing in medical education, Michael Crichton’s cultural influence, Knausgård versus Ferrante, indie music, and the thing that makes Gawande “bawl like a baby.”
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Recorded June 12th, 2017 Other ways to connect