Confessions of a surgeon : the good, the bad, and the complicated-- : life behind the O.R. doors
(2012)

Nonfiction

Book

Call Numbers:
MEMOIR/RUGGIERI,P

Availability

Locations Call Number Status
Biography & Memoir MEMOIR/RUGGIERI,P Available

Details

PUBLISHED
New York : Berkley Books, [2012]
©2012
EDITION
First edition
DESCRIPTION

xvi, 256 pages ; 21 cm

ISBN/ISSN
9780425245156, 0425245152
LANGUAGE
English
NOTES

Introduction -- The making of a surgeon -- Are surgeons human? -- First, try not to harm -- The white coat code of silence -- Get out of my operating room -- Surgeons hate surprises -- This won't hurt a bit -- Patients are the best teachers -- Thoughts on death and lawsuits -- Will your surgeon be there?

In this book, Dr. Ruggieri opens the operating room doors and unlocks the secrets of the inscrutable place where lives are saved and lost. Here, he exposes an occupation that is valiant, sometimes suspect, and largely misunderstood