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Shocked

A Doctor Investigates the Blurred Lines Between Life and Death

Shocked( )
Author: Casarett, David
ISBN:978-1-61723-022-6
Publication Date:Feb 2016
Publisher:Penguin Publishing Group
Imprint:Current
Book Format:Paperback
List Price:AUD $29.99
Book Description:

Not too long ago, there was no coming back from death. But now, with revolutionary medical advances, death has become just another serious complication as David Casarett shows in this compelling volume. The entire history of resuscitation, from ancient times to today, is here explored, thus revealing exactly how malleable the term 'dead' actually is.

Book Details
Pages:266
Detailed Subjects: Medical / Emergency Medicine
Physical Dimensions (W X L X H):13.7 x 21.1 x 1.8 cm
Book Weight:0.243 Kilograms
Author Biography
Casarett, David (Author)
David Casarett is a physician, researcher, and tenured associate professor at the University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, and writer. He has written over a hundred articles and book chapters that were published in such journals as the Journal of the American Medical Association, The New England Journal of Medicine as well as Salon, Esquire, Discover, Newsweek, the New York Times, and Wired. He has won many awards, including the U.S. Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers.

His nonfiction works include Last Acts: Discovering Possibility and Opportunity at the End of Life, Shocked: Adventures in Bringing Back the Recently Dead, and Stoned: A Doctor's Case for Medical Marijuana.

He is the author of the mystery series, Ethical Chiang Mai Detective Agency. It includes Murder at the House of Rooster Happiness, and The Missing Guest of the Magic Grove Hotel.

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