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A Surgeon's Notes on an Imperfect Science (Paperback)♥ Add to Wishlist

by Atul Gawande

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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.

     

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      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.

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      • Media: Paperback Book, 288 pages
      • Language: English
      • Publisher: Picador USA (Apr. 30th, 2003)
      • ISBN-10: 0312421702
      • ISBN-13: 9780312421700
      • Dimensions: 5.55 x 8.28 x 0.78 inches
      • Shipping Weight: 0.61 lbs
      • Categories: Medical Essays

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