Journal article
Columbia, Critical Care, Computers, and Consultants
JAMA : the journal of the American Medical Association, v 248(15), pp 1884-1884
15 Oct 1982
Abstract
The spacecraft Columbia illustrates the human capacity for developing and solving complex problems. I understand Newton's laws, but my mind refuses to even enumerate the thousands of logistical, structural, and astronautical problems that had to be individually solved and integrated to make the Columbia lift off. People did solve those problems. Columbia flies.The critical care unit is a complexity I understand. I can appreciate subtleties in problems from medical to administrative to ethical, and their interactions. Daily, I make decisions that are potentially marked "right" or "wrong" by life or death. I am not always right, but I understand the pressures that impinge on and repercussions that result from a single decision. Presumably, my astronautical colleagues would be as paralyzed by their lack of knowledge in my field, as I am in theirs.Not only do I make decisions in the critical care unit, I explain the decisions and
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Details
- Title
- Columbia, Critical Care, Computers, and Consultants
- Creators
- John R Clarke
- Publication Details
- JAMA : the journal of the American Medical Association, v 248(15), pp 1884-1884
- Publisher
- American Medical Association
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- [Retired Faculty]
- Web of Science ID
- WOS:A1982PL02200028
- Scopus ID
- 2-s2.0-0019942547
- Other Identifier
- 991019184293204721
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