Book Description
This is a stunningly well-written account of the life of a surgeon: what it is like to cut into peoples 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.
Complications : A Surgeons Notes on an Imperfect Science - Atul Gawande - 9781846681325 - Profile Books
Author: Atul Gawande
ISBN: 9781846681325
| Publication Year | 2008 |
| Publisher | Profile Books |
| No. of Pages | 288 |
| Weight | 0.4 kg |
| Genre | Surgery, Surgeons, biography, Chirurg, Reisen und Expeditionen, Expedition |
This is a stunningly well-written account of the life of a surgeon: what it is like to cut into peoples 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.