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A doctor and teacher takes readers deep into the heart of a modern hospital, from skillful triumph at the surgical table to the tense "morbidity and mortality" meetings where doctors examine their own mistakes.
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In the tradition of Lewis Thomas’ The Lives of a Cell, a beautiful book on what it’s like to be a surgeon.
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"Richard Karl appears to be one of those rare surgeons who cares about as well as for his patients, who speaks to them in English, rather than confusing them with complex medical terms, and who in these difficult days still loves surgery. I admire his ability to describe technical matters in simple language. His book is engagingly conversational, and, like many surgeons, he’s a great storyteller." —Joan Cassell, Ph.D., Department of Surgery, Washington Medical School, St. Louis
"...I celebrate the rich privilege accorded the practicing surgeon. The surgical life is really about bearing witness to the human condition and about respecting the many almost whimsical variations of biology and about the intersection of the two. It is remarkable, really, the way I get to know people so intimately so quickly, and to observe the brave and often noble behavior in them, while I witness the relentless push of biology, the aging and decay, the growth and development, but most especially the healing, both physical and emotional. It is this natural drive of our bodies to repair themselves from all injuries (including the surgeon's wounds) that is the centerpiece of medicine. Without it no surgeon could cut." —From the Introduction
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- PublisherTemple Univ Pr
- Publication date2001
- ISBN 10 1566399122
- ISBN 13 9781566399128
- BindingHardcover
- LanguageEnglish
- Edition number1
- Number of pages147
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