Cutting remarks
Subtitle: insights and recollections of a surgeon
By: by Sidney M. Schwab.
Publisher: Frog Ltd.; Distributed by North Atlantic Books
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Berkeley, Calif
Language: eng
Subjects: Schwab, Sidney M., 1944-; Schwab, Sidney M., 1944-; Surgeons -- United States -- Biography; Surgery -- Personal Narratives
Genres: Biography.; Personal Narratives.
Description: "A prominent surgeon's reflections on his medical training and profession, a nuanced, behind-the scenes picture of modern medicine and how doctors relate to both their peers and their patients. Above all a portrait of the kind of character it takes to be a surgeon"--Provided by the publisher.
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: Inklings; title: Into the blue; title: Blood on the walls; title: A little girl and her kidneys; title: The mission - nearly impossible; title: On to vascular surgery; title: Heartstrings; title: A bit of a life; title: Treating veterans, and becoming one; title: Good as gold; title: A view of the master; title: A taste of the trauma team; title: Gut and glory; title: Pus and burns; title: Loose ends of the second year, and a vision; title: Senior resident at the county; title: Able to teach; title: Trauma, chiefly; title: Crumbs of the county; title: Whipple; title: Golden colons; title: Necks case; title: The master's voice; title: Commencement speech.