Scalpel's Edge, The

Encounters with surgeons -- The surgeon as hero -- Are surgeons scientists? -- Styles of surgeons -- Communication with colleagues -- Communication with patients -- How surgeons make decisions: influence of activosture on decision-making -- surgical decision-making, referrals, and "keeping" patients -- The natural history of surgical decisions and their consequences -- Operating room rituals -- Implications of the culture of surgeons for modern medicine -- Appendices.

Year

1998

Language

English

Publisher

Allyn & Bacon

Editions

1

Pages

251

ISBN

9780205270071

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