Why he blogs

By signout on April 6, 2007.

I'd ask Atul Gawande why he blogs.

However, 1) he doesn't blog, and 2) he's already answered, sort of. (Scroll down to the bottom of the second page, unless you want to read the boring details of a parathyroidectomy, or something.)

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