"You want to ensure people can do it right 99 percent of time. When we have to fire one of our surgical trainees, it is never because they don't have the physical skills but because they don't have the moral skills - to practise and admit failure."

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Atul Gawande is an American surgeon, writer, and public health leader known for medical journalism and policy work.

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