COMPLICATIONS by Atul Gawande ( 9781846681325 ) - Books & Audio Books at Pickabook.co.uk

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Title:

COMPLICATIONS
A SURGEON'S NOTES ON AN IMPERFECT SCIENCE

By:

Atul Gawande

Format:

Paperback

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ISBN 10:

1846681324

ISBN 13:

9781846681325

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Publisher:

PROFILE BOOKS LTD

Pub. date:

17 November, 2007

Edition:

Main

Pages:

288

Translated from:

English

Description:

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.

Synopsis:

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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Profile Books Ltd

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