Complications: A Surgeon'S Notes On An Imperfect Science - 9781846681325

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.

• | By (Author): Atul Gawande
• | Publisher: Profile Books Ltd
• | Publication Date: Mar 27, 2008
• | Country of Publication: United Kingdom
• | Number of Pages: 288 pages
• | Language: Not Available
• | Binding: Paperback|Softback
• | ISBN-10: 1846681324
• | ISBN-13: 9781846681325