Summary: Speaking to an audience at the India International Centre in Delhi, Atul Gawande, describes the story of medicine over the last century through the prism of his own family. From a grandmother who died in rural India from malaria - a preventable disease - to the high-tech medicine of today. He argues that despite its scientific advances, medicine has failed to exploit its knowledge successfully. The Reith Lectures are introduced and chaired by Sue Lawley and produced by Jim Frank.
