In addition to it being an unlucky date, the night also fell on a full moon and lunar eclipse. Yet, Gawande finds himself the only doctor willing to do emergency room duty on a Friday the thirteenth, and other residents tease him about it. Doctors usually have a plausible explanation for every action. Most doctors, he argues, are rational and cannot admit to such beliefs and notions.
Gawande discusses the role of superstition in medicine. Some of those uncertainties have to do with the doctor's skills, or the patients' conditions, and some are so unknown as to even defy categorization, except for "Mystery." Throughout the book, Gawande talks about the uncertainties that surgeons face. Full Moon Friday the Thirteenth Summary and Analysis
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