9780312421700-0312421702-Complications: A Surgeon's Notes on an Imperfect Science

Complications: A Surgeon's Notes on an Imperfect Science

ISBN-13: 9780312421700
ISBN-10: 0312421702
Edition: First Edition
Author: Atul Gawande
Publication date: 2003
Publisher: Metropolitan Books
Format: Paperback 269 pages
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ISBN-13: 9780312421700
ISBN-10: 0312421702
Edition: First Edition
Author: Atul Gawande
Publication date: 2003
Publisher: Metropolitan Books
Format: Paperback 269 pages

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Complications: A Surgeon's Notes on an Imperfect Science (ISBN-13: 9780312421700 and ISBN-10: 0312421702), written by authors Atul Gawande, was published by Metropolitan Books in 2003. With an overall rating of 3.5 stars, it's a notable title among other Diseases & Physical Ailments (Reference, Medicine) books. You can easily purchase or rent Complications: A Surgeon's Notes on an Imperfect Science (Paperback, Used) from BooksRun, along with many other new and used Diseases & Physical Ailments books and textbooks. And, if you're looking to sell your copy, our current buyback offer is $0.36.

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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.

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