Complications: A Surgeon's Notes on an Imperfect Science
Atul Gawande$16.14
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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.
Complications is a 2002 National Book Award Finalist for Nonfiction.Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Picador USA
Published: 04/01/2003
ISBN: 9780312421700
Pages: 288
Weight: 0.55lbs
Size: 8.10h x 5.40w x 0.80d
Review Citations: BookPage 04/01/2003 pg. 25
New York Times 04/13/2003 pg. 28
Business Week 06/30/2003 pg. 22
Booklist 01/01/2010 pg. 22