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.

Complications is a 2002 National Book Award Finalist for Nonfiction.

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Format: TradePaperback
Author: Gawande, Atul
ISBN: 9780312421700
Condition: Used
Dimensions: 8.10 x 0.80
Number Of Pages: 288
Publication Year: 2003

Complications: A Surgeon's Notes on an Imperfect Science

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