When Stephen Westaby witnessed a patient die on the table during an open heart surgery for the first time, he was struck by the quiet, determined way the surgeons walked away. As he soon understood, this detachment was a crucial survival strategy. In a profession where failure is literally a heartbe
Making The Cut: A Surgeon's Stories of Life on the Edge
โ Scribed by Eric Levi
- Book ID
- 108997012
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2010
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 150 KB
- Volume
- 80
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1445-1433
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