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Another day in the frontal lobe : a brain surgeon exposes life on the inside / Katrina Firlik.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York : Random House, 2007.Edition: Random House trade paperback edDescription: viii, 271 p. ; 21 cmISBN:
  • 0812973402 (pbk.) :
  • 9780812973402 (pbk.) :
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 617.4/8092 B 22
LOC classification:
  • RD592.9.F57 A3 2007
Contents:
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.
Summary: 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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Item type Current library Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Book Book Karen H. Huntsman Library Main Book Collection - Second Level 617.4809 F5156A 1 Available 38060007353741
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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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