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.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2008-03-27
Mått:128 x 194 x 22 mm
Vikt:240 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:288
Upplaga:2
Förlag:Profile Books Ltd
ISBN:9781846681325

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Kirurgi inom Medicin
Självbiografier och Memoarer inom Biografier

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Atul Gawande is a staff member of Brigham and Women's Hospital, the Dana Farber Cancer Institute, and the New Yorker magazine. He is also Associate Professor of Surgery at Harvard Medical School and Associate Professor in the Department of Health Policy and Management at the Harvard School of Public Health.

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I don't know if Atul Gawande was born to be a surgeon - I very much suspect so - but he was certainly born to write.This wise and exciting account of life as a surgical resident ... perfectly captures the wonder and fearful responsibility that come with cutting people open in the hope of making them whole again.