Cutting Remarks: Insights and Recollections of a Surgeon (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781583941478)

"A surgeon can kill you...and you'll sleep right through it."

The most dramatic--and seemingly glamorous--of medical fields, surgery captivates the public's imagination. Written for inquisitive laymen as well as anyone in the medical profession, this fascinating first-person account documents the career of one of America's top surgeons. Readers accompany Sidney Schwab through medical school at Case Western Reserve University; an internship; junior and senior residencies (with a detour to Vietnam, where he won a Purple Heart); and finally his chief residency years in San Francisco. With humor and poignancy--and sometimes graphic detail--Schwab recalls memorable surgeries, surgeons, and patients. He takes care to explain, in understandable and interesting fashion, a variety of diseases, medical issues, and surgical techniques. More than just a memoir, Cutting Remarks offers a compelling look at how trauma and surgery are handled at a major hospital, and provides valuable insight into a surgeon's relationship with both peers and patients.

Author: Sidney M. Schwab
ISBN-10: 1583941479
ISBN-13: 9781583941478
Publisher: Frog in Well
Language: English
Published: 03/31/2006
Pages: 248
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.82lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.06w x 0.73d