'What a powerful insight this is: In an age of unremitting technological complexity.. something as primitive as writing down a to-do list to "get the stupid stuff right" can make a profound difference-The New York Times

Acclaimed surgeon and writer Atul Gawande finds a remedy to tackle immensely complex problems with the humblest and simplest of techniques: the checklist. 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. And he follows the checklist revolution into fields well beyond medicine, from disaster response to investment banking, skyscraper construction and business of all kinds.

A well-written and compelling argument-Business Week

'Gawande is a writer with a scalpel pen and an X-ray eye'-Time

'Gawande's references and descriptions are gripping, and his views compelling'-Businessworld