Gawande talks about his first surgical procedure and how his failed attempts improved each time before he was successful. Learning, in turn, demands that mistakes be made.
Humans are not perfect, but striving to be perfect requires practice and learning. In Part I "How We Learn," Gawande discusses that medicine will always be prone to errors so long as it is performed by humans. In "Complications," Gawande lays out several ways in which medicine is imperfect and will continue to be imperfect. Gawande describes his experiences in the field, in learning and interpreting medical mysteries and facing uncertainties, and the philosophical questions he encounters from these experiences. "Complications: A Surgeon's Note on an Imperfect Science" is a collection of stories and personal essays written by Dr.
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