
Complications: A Surgeon's Notes on an Imperfect Science
by Atul Gawande
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.
Product Details
Author: Atul Gawande
Language: English
Edition:
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Picador
Release Date: 2003-04-01
Pages: 269
ISBN: 0312421702
ISBN13: 9780312421700