Complications: A Surgeon's Notes on an Imperfect Science [Lingua inglese]

Gawande, Atul

Brossura

ISBN 10: 1846681324 ISBN 13: 9781846681325

Casa editrice: Profile Books Ltd, 2008

This is a stunningly well-written account of the life of a surgeon: what it is 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; of doctors who go to the bad; why autopsies are necessary; what it feels like to insert your knife into someone.

Recensione:

I don't know if Atul Gawande was born to be a surgeon - I very much suspect so - but he was certainly born to write.This wise and exciting account of life as a surgical resident ... perfectly captures the wonder and fearful responsibility that come with cutting people open in the hope of making them whole again. (Bill Bryson)

Ever wondered how realistic ER is? Then read Gawande's superb book. The truth, you will find, is far more compelling, though the endings are never as neat ... Gawande makes the scenes far more dramatic than television ever can. He is a first-class writer. (Scotland on Sunday)

Written as tautly as a thriller. (The Observer)

Gawande draws you in with the story but leaves you wiser about science, about health, and even about the human condition. (Michael Kinsley)

L'autore:

Atul Gawande is a staff member of Brigham and Women's Hospital, the Dana Farber Cancer Institute, and the New Yorker magazine. He is also Associate Professor of Surgery at Harvard Medical School and Associate Professor in the Department of Health Policy and Management at the Harvard School of Public Health.