A Surgeon's Notes on an Imperfect Science
A Surgeon's Notes on an Imperfect Science
This is a stunningly well-written account of the life of a surgeon: what it's like to cut into people's bodies and the terrifying - literally life and death - decisions that have to be made. There are accounts of operations that go wrong, surgeons that go bad and what it feels like to insert your knife into someone
Levertijd: ca. 4 tot 6 werkdagen
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.
