Complications: A Surgeon's Notes on an Imperfect Science

Drawing from compelling true accounts of patients and doctors, a provocative examination of the power and limits of modern medicine reveals a world where science is uncertain, information is limited, and deadly mistakes occur. Reprint. 75,000 first printing.

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.

Complications is a 2002 National Book Award Finalist for Nonfiction.

• | Author: Atul Gawande
• | Publisher: Henry Holt and Co.
• | Publication Date: Apr 01, 2003
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• | Language: eng
• | Binding: Paperback / softback
• | ISBN-13: 9780312421700
• | ISBN-10: 0312421702