This is a stunningly well-written account of the life of a surgeon: what it is like to cut into people's bodies and the terrifying - literally life and death - decisions that have to be made. There are accounts of operations that go wrong; of doctors who go to the bad; why autopsies are necessary; what it feels like to insert your knife into someone.
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In gripping accounts of true cases, surgeon Atul Gawande explores the power and the limits of medicine, offering an unflinching view from the scalpel's edge. Complications lays bare a science not in its idealized form but as it actually is - uncertain, perplexing, and profoundly human.
This is a stunningly well-written account of the life of a surgeon: what it is like to cut into people's bodies and the terrifying - literally life and death - decisions that have to be made. There are accounts of operations that go wrong; of doctors who go to the bad; why autopsies are necessary; what it feels like to insert your knife into someone.
| ISBN | 9781846681325 |
|---|---|
| Length (cm) | 13.0000 |
| Width (cm) | 2.0000 |
| Height (cm) | 20.0000 |
| Publisher | Profile Books Limited |
| Publication Date | May 1, 2008 |
| Pages (number) | 288 |
| Genre | Education and Reference |
| Author | Atul Gawande |
| Signed | No |
| Format | Paperback |
| Editorial Reviews | N/A |