Trauma red
Subtitle: the making of a surgeon in war and in America's cities
By: Dr. Peter Rhee with Gordon Dillow
Contributors: Dillow, Gordon, author
Edition: First Scribner hardcover edition.
Published: 2014
Language: eng
Number of pages: 241
ISBN-13: 9781476727295; 9781476727301; 9781476727318
Subjects: Physicians; United States Navy; Violence; Surgeons; United States; Military Medicine; Surgery; Wounds and Injuries; United States. Navy; Biography; Armed Forces
Description: 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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Trauma red; title: A spear in the belly; title: Navy doc; title: Embracing the suck; title: The trauma life; title: War; title: A good bad day at Charlie Med; title: Lab wars; title: January 8, 2011; title: Aftermath.