Complications : A Surgeons Notes on an Imperfect Science

English

ISBN: 0312421702

EAN: 9780312421700

Category: Biography & Autobiography / Medical/Medical / Surgery / General/

Publisher: Picador

Release Date: 04/30/2003

Synopsis: In gripping accounts of true cases, surgeon Atul Gawande explores the power and the limits of medicine, offering an unflinching view from the scalpels edge. Complications lays bare a science not in its idealized form but as it actually isuncertain, perplexing, and profoundly human. Complicationsis a 2002 National Book Award Finalist for Nonfiction.

Awards: American Library Association Notable Books – null  L. L. Winship/PEN New England Award – null  National Book Awards – null  Original Voices Award – null 

Complications : A Surgeons Notes on an Imperfect Science

Illustrated: No

Format: Paperback

Height: 0.75 inches

Width: 5.5 inches

Length: 8.25 inches

Weight: 9.31 oz

Pages: 288