Another day in the frontal lobe : a brain surgeon exposes life on the inside / Katrina Firlik.
Material type: TextPublication details: New York : Random House, 2007.Edition: Random House trade paperback edDescription: viii, 271 p. ; 21 cmISBN:- 0812973402 (pbk.) :
- 9780812973402 (pbk.) :
- 617.4/8092 B 22
- RD592.9.F57 A3 2007
Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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Book | Karen H. Huntsman Library Main Book Collection - Second Level | 617.4809 F5156A | 1 | Available | 38060007353741 |
Includes bibliographical references (p. [269]-271).
Scientist and mechanic -- Small world -- Influences -- Acceptance -- Culture -- Routine -- Evolution through blood -- Tools -- Risk -- Emotion -- Disturbing deviations -- Slices -- Fragments -- Controlled trauma -- Traces of thought -- Focus -- Chief concerns -- Endings -- Confronting age -- Brainlifts -- Acknowledgments -- Notes.
Presents a memoir by a neurosurgeon, describing the tools in the operating room, the tough ethical dilemmas confronting doctors, some of the author's most bizarre cases, trends in the field, and possible advances on the horizon.
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