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245 10 a| Complications :b| a surgeon's notes on an imperfect science /c| Atul Gawande.;

260 a| New York :b| Picador,c| 2002.;

300 a| x, 269 pages ;c| 21 cm;

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500 a| "Several of these pieces have appeared, in slightly different form, in the New Yorker and Slate"--T.p. verso.;

504 a| Includes bibliographical references (p. 253-264) and index.;

505 0 a| pt. 1. Fallibility: Education of a knife -- The computer and the hernia factory -- When doctors make mistakes -- Nine thousand surgeons -- When good doctors go bad -- pt. 2. Mystery: Full moon Friday the thirteenth -- The pain perplex -- A queasy feeling -- Crimson tide -- The man who couldn't stop eating -- pt. 3. Uncertainty: Final cut -- The dead baby mystery -- Whose body is it anyway? -- The case of the red leg.;

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Complications : a surgeon's notes on an imperfect science / Atul Gawande.

Author/creator	Gawande, Atul
Format	Book
Publication Info	New York : Picador, 2002.
Description	x, 269 pages ; 21 cm
Subjects	Surgeons--United States. --Biography. Surgery--Anecdotes. Medical errors--Personal narratives. Surgery--Personal narratives.

Contents	pt. 1. Fallibility: Education of a knife -- The computer and the hernia factory -- When doctors make mistakes -- Nine thousand surgeons -- When good doctors go bad -- pt. 2. Mystery: Full moon Friday the thirteenth -- The pain perplex -- A queasy feeling -- Crimson tide -- The man who couldn't stop eating -- pt. 3. Uncertainty: Final cut -- The dead baby mystery -- Whose body is it anyway? -- The case of the red leg.
General note	"Several of these pieces have appeared, in slightly different form, in the New Yorker and Slate"--T.p. verso.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references (p. 253-264) and index.
ISBN	0312421702 (pbk.) :

Complications : a surgeon's notes on an imperfect science / Atul Gawande.

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