Giving an account of the life of a surgeon, this book looks at what it is like to cut into people's bodies and the - literally life and death - decisions that have to be made. It includes chronicles of operations that go wrong; of doctors who go to the bad; why autopsies are necessary; and what it feels like to insert your knife into someone.

288 pages

Media	Books Paperback Book (Book with soft cover and glued back)
Released	March 27, 2008
ISBN13	9781846681325
Publishers	Profile Books Ltd
Pages	288
Dimensions	131 × 214 × 23 mm · 230 g
Language	English

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