Death on the Learning Curve - Hardcover

Scranton, Pierce E.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1600700144 ISBN 13: 9781600700149

Publisher: Elite Books, 2010

Synopsis

A hospital operating room may not be as safe as you think it is. Hiding among the sterile scrubs and gleaming instruments of an operating room is a whole lot of high drama: split-second life-and-death decisions.deep questions of ethics.roaring personality conflicts.the glory of saving a life-and the horror when a simple procedure goes terribly wrong.Renowned surgeon Pierce Scranton, Jr., kept a detailed diary of his internship year at a busy California teaching hospital. This book is a vivid, fictionalized memoir of that year in the trenches. Through the intertwined stories of teachers, students and patients, it explores issues like: What happens when teaching and healing come into conflict? When is a new treatment to prolong life a good idea, and when is it a disaster? How did lawyers and bean-counters get so much power? And when do relationships between doctors and other staff go too far? This honest account is startling and sometimes shocking-but always gripping.

About this title

About the Author

Pierce E. Scranton Jr. was team physician for the Seattle Seahawks, president of the NFL Physician's Society, and president of the American Orthopaedic Foot and Ankle Society. In addition to private practice and charity work, he has authored over one hundred peer-reviewed articles, book chapters and books, including Playing Hurt: Treating and Evaluating the Warriors of the NFL (Potomac, 2002).

Edition details

• Publisher: Elite Books
• Publication date: 2010
• ISBN 10: 1600700144
• ISBN 13: 9781600700149
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 329