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050		4	_aRD27.35.G39 _bA3 2002
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100	1		_aGawande, Atul.
245	1	0	_aComplications : _ba surgeon's notes on an imperfect science / _cAtul Gawande.
260			_aNew York : _bPicador, a Metropolitan Book/Henry Holt and Co., _c2002.
300			_ax, 269 p. ; _c21 cm.
500			_a"Several of these pieces have appeared, in slightly different form, in the New Yorker and Slate"--T.p. verso.
510	3		_aLibrary Journal, April 2002
510	3		_aPublisher's Weekly, February 2002
510	3		_aKirkus Starred, February 2002
510	3		_aNew York Times, April 2002
510	3		_aTeacher Librarian, June 2006
520			_aThe author, nearing the end of eight years of training in general surgery, contemplates the nature of modern medicine, discussing the fallibility of doctors, the mysteries and unknowns of medicine and the struggle to know what to do about them, and the issue of uncertainty.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 253-264).
521	2		_aAdult _bFollett Library Resources.
650		0	_aSurgery _vAnecdotes.
650		0	_aSurgeons _zUnited States _vBiography.
650		7	_aSurgery _vAnecdotes. _2sears
650		7	_aSurgeons _zUnited States _vBiography. _2sears
521	2		_aAdult.
510	0		_aLibrary Journal
510	0		_aPublisher's Weekly
510	0		_aKirkus Starred
035			_a(IMchF)fol15260807
521	8		_a1100L _bLexile.
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