Hot Lights, Cold Steel: Life, Death and Sleepless Nights in a Surgeon's First Years

Hot Lights, Cold Steel: Life, Death and Sleepless Nights in a Surgeon's First Years
ISBN-10
0312352697
ISBN-13
9780312352691
Category
Biography & Autobiography
Pages
307
Language
English
Published
2006-01-24
Publisher
Macmillan
Author
Dr. Michael J. Collins

Description

A Mayo Clinic orthopedist recounts his tumultuous four years as a surgical resident, describing dramatic cases during which he was forced to make life-changing decisions for his patients and moonlight at a local emergency room in order to earn extra money. Reprint. 20,000 first printing.

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