O.R.: The True Story of 24 Hours in a Hospital Operating Room

Colen, B. D.

ISBN 10: 0451179838 / ISBN 13: 9780451179838

Published by Signet, 1994

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This is a used book. It may contain highlighting/underlining and/or the book may show heavier signs of wear . It may also be ex-library or without dustjacket. This is a used book. It may contain highlighting/underlining and/or the book may show heavier signs of wear . It may also be ex-library or without dustjacket.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: O.R.: The True Story of 24 Hours in a Hospital Operating Room
• Publisher: Signet
• Publication Date: 1994
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0451179838
• ISBN 13: 9780451179838
• Binding: paperback
• Condition: Acceptable

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Synopsis

A fascinating, minute-by-minute account of twenty-four hours in the operating rooms of North Shore University Hospital in Manhasset, New York, follows the life-and-death struggles that occur and the real-life doctors, nurses, and patients that take part. Reprint.

From Library Journal

As observed by Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and author Colen ( Karen Ann Quinlan , LJ 11/1/76; Born at Risk , LJ 3/1/81), this book tells "what really happens to patients when they have an operation... what surgeons, anesthesiologists, nurses, and the various members of the operating room support staff do when they go to work each day." It focuses on the main operating room of the North Shore University Hospital in Manhasset, New York, where Colen was freely granted access to the hospital's 16 operating rooms and allowed to observe any procedure, ask any question, and record any event or conversation. The result is "an album of snapshots that together form a mosaic of life in the operating room" over a 24-hour period. This absorbing, fast-paced, and well-written BOMC selection is recommended for all popular medical collections.
- James Swanton, Albert Einstein Coll. of Medicine, New York
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