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Complications

A Surgeon's Notes on an Imperfect Science

By Atul Gawande

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| Paperback | 9780312421700

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This collection of gripping accounts of true cases explores the power and thelimits of medicine, offering an unflinching view from the scalpel's edge. [예스24 제공]

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A surgeon opens his heart (well, almost)

Complications: A Surgeon's Notes on an Imperfect Scienceby Atul Gawande Profeil £12.99, pp269 It begins with a bullet wound in a young man's buttock and ends with a woman whose leg is almost destroyed by flesh-eating bacteria. It documents messy trac ... (read full critics)

guardian.co.uk published on Sat, 25 Sep 2010

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Among the huge number of men and women practicing medicine during the past century, only a few have been able to write well about their profession for the general reader. Of the most accomplished among them, it can be said that their words are a natu ... (read full critics)

nybooks published on Sat, 28 Aug 2010

2 Reviews

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I was expecting to learn more about the life of being a surgeon and the trials and tribulations. Unfortunately this book was nothing about that. It seemed to discuss more about the areas of medicine where surgery fails terribly - the management of nausea, pain and gastric banding. The only saving gr ... (continue)

I was expecting to learn more about the life of being a surgeon and the trials and tribulations. Unfortunately this book was nothing about that. It seemed to discuss more about the areas of medicine where surgery fails terribly - the management of nausea, pain and gastric banding. The only saving grace was the few patient anecdotes that were included here and there.

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The Underdog said on Feb 4, 2010 | Add your feedback

I bought this in Harvard Medical School

It was the first and only time I went to Harvard medical school and was also had my first exposure of medical fiction. I like this book. It brings humanity to a sciencific professio.

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Sunny Elf said on Jul 1, 2010 | Add your feedback