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The making of a surgeon

Author: William A Nolen
Publisher: New York, Random House [1970]
Edition/Format:   Book : Biography : English : [1st ed.]View all editions and formats
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Through a description of his own training, the author gives a picture of how surgeons work, think and feel. he reveals how surgeons make mistakes and tells what they do, about them, and also explains what the practical value of research really is and what makes a great surgeon.
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Genre/Form: Biography
Additional Physical Format: Online version:
Nolen, William A., 1928-1986.
Making of a surgeon.
New York, Random House [1970]
(OCoLC)556660500
Online version:
Nolen, William A., 1928-1986.
Making of a surgeon.
New York, Random House [1970]
(OCoLC)607805384
Named Person: William A Nolen; William A Nolen
Material Type: Biography
Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: William A Nolen
ISBN: 0394434471 9780394434476
OCLC Number: 104324
Description: xvi, 269 p. 22 cm.
Contents: Bellevue: breaking in --
The first appendectomy --
Patients and patience --
To err is human --
All about nurses --
Broken bones --
Strange problems --
Blood --
Pathology: six months in the death house --
Assistant resident: one step up --
Life on the outside --
Surgical research? --
T.B. --
Heart surgery: the early days --
North Shore: private vs. public --
First assistant resident: next to the top --
Death --
Mutual lack of admiration --
The O.R. team --
Dr. Stevens --
Chief resident: the final responsibility --
Decisions --
The making of a surgeon --
A last good-bye.
Responsibility: [by] William A. Nolen.

Abstract:

Through a description of his own training, the author gives a picture of how surgeons work, think and feel. he reveals how surgeons make mistakes and tells what they do, about them, and also explains what the practical value of research really is and what makes a great surgeon.

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