Adri (:

“We look for medicine to be an orderly field of knowledge and procedure. But it is not. It is an imperfect science, an enterprise of constantly changing knowledge, uncertain information, fallible individuals, and at the same time lives on the line. There is science in what we do, yes, but also habit, intuition, and sometimes plain old guessing. The gap between what we know and what we aim for persists. And this gap complicates everything we do.”
― Atul Gawande, Complications: A Surgeon's Notes on an Imperfect Science

“not only do all human beings err, but they err frequently and in predictable, patterned ways.”
― Atul Gawande, Complications: A Surgeon's Notes on an Imperfect Science

“and he suddenly knew that if she killed herself, he would die. Maybe not immediately, maybe not with the same blinding rush of pain, but it would happen. You couldn't live for very long without a heart.”
― Jodi Picoult

“Medicine’s ground state is uncertainty. And wisdom—for both patients and doctors—is defined by how one copes with it. This”
― Atul Gawande, Complications: A Surgeon's Notes on an Imperfect Science