The Scalpel's Edge: The Culture of Surgeons Pdf

Book Detail
Edition: 1
Release: 1998-10-22
Publisher: Pearson
Binding: Paperback
ISBN/ASIN: 0205270077
Format: hardcover, kindle, PDF, EPUB

The Scalpel's Edge pdf
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This ethnography about the culture of surgeons describes how and why they differ significantly from other physicians. Historically rising from humble roots as lower-class, uneducated, itinerant barbers, the profession has evolved into one of the most prestigious in America, one that utilizes the most sophisticated technologies in medicine. Surgeons have nonetheless retained many aspects of their historical culture, such as their proclivity for quick decisions, surgical "cures," and their detachment and aloofness from patients and other physicians. This book describes in detail what surgeons actually do in and out of the operating room. It reveals how they think about disease, patients, and other physicians; how their thinking is often non-scientific; how they make decisions; and how they keep secrets from patients and colleagues. This book gives a detailed description of a professional culture and how the culture, especially their active posture, influences decisions which Download The Scalpel's Edge for free via rapidshare, mediafire, 4shared, dropBox, uploading, fileserve

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