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Direct Red: A Surgeon's View of Her Life-or-Death Profession
Direct Red A Surgeon's View of Her LifeorDeath Profession
Author: Gabriel Weston
In the tradition of Atul Gawande and Sherwin B. Nuland comes an eloquent and piercing account of a young woman's surgical education. Surgeons have long been known for their allergy to doubt, an unsurprising trait in professionals who must play God, routinely risking someone else's life in order to do their job. But in this illuminating memoir...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780061725401
ISBN-10: 0061725404
Publication Date: 8/1/2009
Pages: 224
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Publisher: Harper
Book Type: Hardcover
Other Versions: Paperback
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Written in beautifully economical prose this book provides an insight into some of the challenges, dilemmas, and rewards of the profession of surgery. It helps to have some experience of the medical world, and it may not speak as well to those who don't.


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