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Complications

Complications

A Surgeon's Notes on an Imperfect Science

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  • Release Date: 27/03/2008
  • Barcode: 9781846681325
  • Genre: Non-Fiction
  • Sub-Genre: Biography
  • Publisher: Profile Books
Complications

Complications

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A Surgeon's Notes on an Imperfect Science
Giving an account of the life of a surgeon, this book looks at what it is like to cut into people's bodies and the - literally life and death - decisions that have to be made. It includes chronicles of operations that go wrong; of doctors who go to the bad; why autopsies are necessary; and what it feels like to insert your knife into someone.
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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