Complications A Surgeon's Notes on an Imperfect Science |
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Author:
| Gawande, Atul |
Read by:
| Griffith, William David |
ISBN: | 978-1-4272-0151-5 |
Publication Date: | Mar 2007 |
Publisher: | Macmillan Audio
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Book Format: | CD-Audio |
List Price: | USD $19.95 |
Book Description:
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In vivid 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.
In vivid 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.