Monday, February 16, 2009

Complications: a surgeon's notes on an imperfect science

Author: Gawande, Atul

Title: Complications: a surgeon's notes on an imperfect science

Published: New York: Picador, 2003

Description: x, 269 p. ; 21 cm.

Bibliography: p. 253-264

Note: "Several of these pieces have appeared, in slightly different form, in the New Yorker and Slate"--T.p. verso

Subject(s):
  • Surgeons -- United States -- Biography
  • Surgery -- Anecdotes

Review(s):

  • Wright, A.J. "Complications (Book)." Library Journal 127, no. 6 (April 2002): 130
  • Gold, Sarah F. et al. "COMPLICATIONS (Book)." Publishers Weekly 249, no. 8 (February 25, 2002): 50
  • "Cut to life." Economist 362, no. 8261 (February 23, 2002): 85-86

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