Complications
By Atul Gawande
Review by Rob (Medicine)
When faced with the daunting task of 鈥渞eading around your subject鈥�, I had no idea where to begin. Initially I panicked, thinking the only thing I would be able to find was a 2000 page medical textbook that would cost a fortune. After looking at recommendations online, however, I found Complications, which I really enjoyed!
Written by a surgeon, the book explores many interesting and rare cases 鈥� perfect for personal statements 鈥� and also more social problems, such as 鈥渨hen good doctors go bad鈥�. Despite some cases being fairly complex, Gawande writes in a clear way that鈥檚 both easy and enjoyable to read. The book describes things I hadn鈥檛 even considered and doubted possible, like an operation to prevent someone from blushing! It also gives a feel of what it鈥檚 like to work in Medicine and the problems faced by doctors on a day-to-day base. Some of the things I found most interesting were those that I鈥檇 never even heard of and that still perplex doctors today, like Sudden Infant Death Syndrome and Necrotising Fasciitis. Having said that, 颁辞尘辫濒颈肠补迟颈辞苍蝉听isn鈥檛 a book all about doom and gloom, it has some amazing and really inspiring stories that would grip any would-be medic!
Complications: A Surgeon鈥檚 Notes on an Imperfect Science by Atul Gawande
ISBN-10: 1846681324
ISBN-13: 9781846681325
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