Final Exam - A Surgeon's Reflections on Mortality (Paperback)

A brilliant transplant surgeon brings compassion and narrative drama to the fearful reality that every doctor must face: the inevitability of mortality.
When Pauline Chen began medical school, she dreamed of saving lives. What she could not predict was how much death would be a part of her work. Almost immediately, she found herself wrestling with medicine's most profound paradox-that a profession premised on caring for the ill also systematically depersonalizes dying. Final Exam follows Chen over the course of her education and practice as she struggles to reconcile the lessons of her training with her innate sense of empathy and humanity. A superb addition to the best medical literature of our time.

General

Imprint:	Random House
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	2008
First published:	2008
Authors:	Pauline W. Chen
Dimensions:	201 x 131 x 16mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - Trade
Pages:	288
ISBN-13:	978-0-307-27537-0
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Biography & autobiography > Science, technology & engineering Books > Medicine > General issues > Medical ethics Books > Medicine > Other branches of medicine > Palliative medicine Books > Medicine > Surgery > General Books > Biography > Science, technology & engineering
LSN:	0-307-27537-X
Barcode:	9780307275370

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