270 pages • first pub 2002 (editions)
ISBN/UID: None
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Publisher: Henry Holt & Company Inc.
Publication date: 01 January 2002
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. Complications lays bare a science not in its idealized form but as it actually is--uncert...
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reflective 69%
inspiring 41%
challenging 25%
emotional 25%
hopeful 20%
tense 7%
adventurous 5%
funny 3%
dark 1%
mysterious 1%
sad 1%
Pace
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slow 9%
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270 pages • first pub 2002 (editions)
ISBN/UID: None
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Publisher: Henry Holt & Company Inc.
Publication date: 01 January 2002
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. Complications lays bare a science not in its idealized form but as it actually is--uncert...
Community Reviews Summary of 1,606 reviews
Moods
reflective 69%
inspiring 41%
challenging 25%
emotional 25%
hopeful 20%
tense 7%
adventurous 5%
funny 3%
dark 1%
mysterious 1%
sad 1%
Pace
fast 27%
slow 9%
Average rating
Content Warnings
Submitted by users as part of their reviews
Graphic
Death, Medical content, Injury/injury detailModerate
Gore