Complications : a surgeon's notes on an imperfect science
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New York, N.Y. : Picador, 2002.
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x, 269 pages ; 21 cm
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South Valleys Library - Adult Nonfiction - Biography Shelf
BIO GAWANDE 2002
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Published
New York, N.Y. : Picador, 2002.
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Book
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English

Notes

General Note
Originally published: New York : Metropolitan Books, 2002.
General Note
"Several of these pieces have appeared, in slightly different form, in the New Yorker and Slate."--Title page verso.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 253-264).
Description
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. This book lays bare a science not in its idealized form but as it actually is--uncertain, perplexing, and profoundly human.

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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

Gawande, A. (2002). Complications: a surgeon's notes on an imperfect science . Picador.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Gawande, Atul. 2002. Complications: A Surgeon's Notes On an Imperfect Science. Picador.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Gawande, Atul. Complications: A Surgeon's Notes On an Imperfect Science Picador, 2002.

MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)

Gawande, Atul. Complications: A Surgeon's Notes On an Imperfect Science Picador, 2002.

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