Download or read book The Making of a Surgeon written by William A. Nolen and published by Dell Publishing Company. This book was released on 1980-04 with total page 294 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Making of a Surgeon is the memoir of an apprentice. It is William Nolen's story of his transformation from student to practitioner, from a brash medical school graduate to a surgeon possessing skill and judgment. And, as in the best memoirs, in the brilliant flash of his self-discovery, William Nolen illuminates the world outside himself.

Download or read book The Making of a Surgeon in the 21st Century written by Craig A. Miller and published by Blue Dolphin Publishing. This book was released on 2004 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Making of a Surgeon in the 21st Century is a highly personalized description of one individual's experiences during a five-year residency in general surgery at a major university hospital.

Download or read book The Making of a Surgeon A Midwestern Chronicle written by Ernest V. Smith and published by . This book was released on 2008-06-01 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions that are true to the original work.

Download or read book The Making of a Woman Surgeon written by Elizabeth Morgan and published by Berkley. This book was released on 1987 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Making of a Surgeon written by Norman B. Thomson and published by Keller Publishing. This book was released on 2006 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Making of a Surgeon gives the reader an intimate glimpse into the early years of open heart surgery by a pioneer in the field. Norman Thomson applied the twin virtues of intelligence and integrity to overcome a childhood of poverty to become a leading cardiac surgeon. Come along for the journey as he relives the triumphs and tragedies. There are many important, inspiring lessons, not only for those entering the medical profession, but for anyone who aspires to the American dream. The book concludes with personal bios of Norm's wife, Gail, their children and grandchildren and his 100 year old father-in-law, Bumpa.

Download or read book Better written by Atul Gawande and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2008-01-22 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: National Bestseller The struggle to perform well is universal: each of us faces fatigue, limited resources, and imperfect abilities in whatever we do. But nowhere is this drive to do better more important than in medicine, where lives may be on the line with any decision. Atul Gawande, the New York Times bestselling author of Complications, examines, in riveting accounts of medical failure and triumph, how success is achieved in this complex and risk-filled profession. At once unflinching and compassionate, Better is an exhilarating journey, narrated by "arguably the best nonfiction doctor-writer around" (Salon.com).

Download or read book Complications written by Atul Gawande and published by Metropolitan Books. This book was released on 2003-04-01 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A brilliant and courageous doctor reveals, in gripping accounts of true cases, the power and limits of modern medicine. Sometimes in medicine the only way to know what is truly going on in a patient is to operate, to look inside with one's own eyes. This book is exploratory surgery on medicine itself, laying bare a science not in its idealized form but as it actually is -- complicated, perplexing, and profoundly human. Atul Gawande offers an unflinching view from the scalpel's edge, where science is ambiguous, information is limited, the stakes are high, yet decisions must be made. In dramatic and revealing stories of patients and doctors, he explores how deadly mistakes occur and why good surgeons go bad. He also shows us what happens when medicine comes up against the inexplicable: an architect with incapacitating back pain for which there is no physical cause; a young woman with nausea that won't go away; a television newscaster whose blushing is so severe that she cannot do her job. Gawande offers a richly detailed portrait of the people and the science, even as he tackles the paradoxes and imperfections inherent in caring for human lives. At once tough-minded and humane, Complications is a new kind of medical writing, nuanced and lucid, unafraid to confront the conflicts and uncertainties that lie at the heart of modern medicine, yet always alive to the possibilities of wisdom in this extraordinary endeavor. Complications is a 2002 National Book Award Finalist for Nonfiction.

Download or read book Better written by Atul Gawande and published by Profile Books. This book was released on 2010-07-09 with total page 287 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The struggle to perform well is universal, but nowhere is this drive to do better more important than in medicine. In his new book, Atul Gawande explores how doctors strive to close the gap between best intentions and best performance in the face of obstacles that sometimes seem insurmountable. His vivid stories take us to battlefield surgical tents in Iraq, to a polio outbreak in India and to malpractice courtrooms around the country. He discusses the ethical dilemmas of doctors' participation in lethal injections, examines the influence of money on modern medicine and recounts the astoundingly contentious history of hand-washing. Finally, he gives a brutally honest insight into life as a practising surgeon. Unflinching but compassionate, Gawande's investigation into medical professionals and their progression from good to great provides a detailed blueprint for success that can be used by everyone.

Download or read book The Making of a Surgeon written by Isidore Cohn and published by . This book was released on 1941* with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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Download or read book Make A Decision Surgery written by Mark Corrigan and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2010-08-09 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: You're the general surgeon on call. It is you who has to decide every course of action over your shift. Make the right decisions or face the consequences... Taking a role-playing approach, Make A Decision: Surgery allows you to be the book's main character - Dr A. Simpson - a junior general surgeon on call in a busy teaching hospital. Your decisions and actions determine the clinical outcomes of real patients within a number of scenarios. Each scenario branches out and unfolds as you make more decisions, but choose incorrectly and you may be sent home by your boss! Every decision you make is scored and evidence-based feedback is presented at the end of each scenario together with the correct clinical response and an explanation of what actually happened to the patient. Blood work and radiological investigations presented in typical clinical formats allow you to practise your data interpretation skills, whilst your skills in clinical communication are tested to the full as you interact with patients and their families as well as co-members of staff. Based on first-hand experience, the authors have selected real cases that have impacted on their practice and reflect important points of learning, making the book perfect for medical students, junior doctors, and surgery trainees who are looking for a scenario-based, interactive way to learn. For further information and online interactive medical teaching visit www.pilgrimshospital.com

Download or read book Making the Cut written by Mohamed Khadra and published by ReadHowYouWant.com. This book was released on 2009-04-03 with total page 382 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: To be a surgeon is to stand, without flinching, in the sea of human suffering and use one's entire resource of knowledge, skill and intelligence to battle it. An intern makes his first cut and is ridiculed by his tutor. An old woman is brought back to life against her will, only for the unexpected to strike a week later. A notorious surgeon is driven crazy by a massive brain tumour. The mother of a leukemia-ridden child is driven to desperation In this compelling and beautifully written impressionistic memoir, Mohamed Khadra recounts stories from his life as a surgeon, from the gruelling years of training to the debilitating sleepless nights on call. He looks back at the doctors and patients who shaped his career; at the endless stream of humanity - courageous, pitiful, admirable and dislikable - who passed under his knife, as he recalls shocking tales of mistakes in theatre and the shattered lives of doctors defeated by the stresses of the job. Documenting the damaging politics in our healthcare system, the soul-destroying choices made for patients and the misplaced hope so common in the face of death, his dramatic account of a surgical life shows what happens when extraordinary events overtake everyday lives - including, even, his own.

Download or read book The Making of a Surgeon written by Ernest V. Smith and published by . This book was released on 2013-10 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a new release of the original 1942 edition.

Download or read book The Making of a Surgeon written by John Miller Turpin Finney and published by . This book was released on 1930 with total page 14 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Opening Up The Making of a Surgeon written by David Clarke and published by . This book was released on 2023-09 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Opening Up: The Making of a Surgeon, David Clarke recounts the remarkable journey of a war widow's only child in bombed-out Hull as he embarks on a distinguished career in surgery. Experience his formative years, including winning a public school scholarship and his medical and surgical training in Newcastle upon Tyne and the USA. Join him on his professional journey, where he shares fascinating anecdotes about the colourful and distinguished characters he meets along the way. Delve into his digressions on surgical history and marvel at the progress made during a single professional lifetime. Opening Up: The Making of a Surgeon is a snapshot of a golden era of Britain's National Health Service, a treasure trove of medical detail and a tribute to some of the figures who shaped modern medicine. With heartwarming stories and vivid descriptions, this compelling memoir offers a unique glimpse into the world of medicine and surgery.

Download or read book Smart Surgeons Sharp Decisions written by Uttam Shiralkar, and published by tfm Publishing Limited. This book was released on 2011-01-01 with total page 150 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Winner of a HIGHLY COMMENDED AWARD in the Surgery category of the 2011 BMA Medical Book Competition. A vital question that concerns many: how to make surgery safer? Is it by tightening the regulations and imposing rigid protocols or by empowering surgeons with the resources to help them make safer decisions? This is the book for those who would choose the second option. What do you think separates smart surgeons from the rest? Why, on the other hand, do surgeons make blunders despite having experience and knowledge? There is only one answer to both questions - it is decision-making. Decision-making is an art and is at the heart of surgery. It decides between excellent and poor surgical performance. Although a vital part of professional activity, surgeons are not generally aware of how to optimize decision-making skills. Making a good decision is a skill that, like any skill, needs to be developed and this book reveals how surgeons can sharpen these skills. Presented here are the findings from decision science that surgeons, irrespective of specialty or seniority, can apply to everyday practice. Surgeons are required to adapt new strategies throughout their careers. Ideas taken from this book will help to speed up the learning curve. It offers answers to the questions which experienced surgeons may find difficult to explain. Equally, it answers the questions that trainees may even find difficult to ask. You are expected to be cognizant of the knowledge behind making decisions. Nonetheless, no-one tells you how to access this information easily. This book is the key to that vital information. "This is a very helpful book, written in a friendly and accessible style. It provides many fascinating examples of the phenomenon which so interests us surgeons. Surgeons of all ages and specialties will find it helpful to know about themselves and how they are challenged." Mr Tony Giddings, Past President of the Association of Surgeons of GB & Ireland

Download or read book Trauma Red written by Peter Rhee and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2014-06-03 with total page 237 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The incredible life story of the trauma surgeon who helped save Congresswoman Gabby Giffords­—from his upbringing in South Korea and Africa to the gripping dramas he faces in a typical day as a medical genius. Congresswoman Gabby Giffords is a household name: most people remember that awful day in Arizona in 2011 when she was a victim of an act of violence that left six dead and thirteen wounded. What many people don’t know is that it was Dr. Peter Rhee who played a vital role in her survival. Born in South Korea, Rhee moved with his family to Uganda where he watched his public health surgeon father remove a spear from a man’s belly—and began his lifelong interest in medicine. What came next is this compelling portrait of how one becomes a world class trauma surgeon: the specialized training, the mindset to make critical decisions, and the practiced ability to operate on the human body. Dr. Rhee is so eminent that when President Clinton traveled to China, he was selected to accompany the president as his personal physician. In Trauma Red we learn how Rhee’s experiences were born from the love and sacrifices of determined parents, and of Rhee’s own quest to become as excellent a surgeon as possible. Trauma Red chronicles the patient cases Dr. Rhee has handled over two decades on two distinct battle fronts: In Iraq and Afghanistan, where he served as a frontline US Navy surgeon trying to save young American soldiers, and the urban zones of Los Angeles and Washington, DC, where he has been confronted by an endless stream of bloody victims of civilian violence and accidents. Tough and outspoken, Dr. Rhee isn’t afraid to take on the politics of violence in America and a medical community that too often resists innovation. His story provides an inside look into a fascinating medical world, a place where lives are saved every day.