Details for Confessions of a knife
| Title: | Confessions of a knife |
| Author(s): | Selzer, Richard |
| Edition: | 1st Quill |
| Pages: | 222 |
| Publisher: | New York : Quill1987, 1979 |
| Subject(s): | Selzer, Richard, 1928- Surgeons--United States--Biography Surgery--Anecdotes Surgery--essays Physicians--United States--personal narratives |
| Genre: | Book |
| Notes: | Notes: Reprint. Originally published: New York : Simon andSchuster, c1979. Location: Humanities in Medicine |
| Call Number: | WO 9 S469c 1979 |
| Annotation: | Formerly a Yale surgeon, Dr. Selzer has written with great imagination, lucid vision, and absolute honesty about his experiences growing up and training as a doctor. He recalls his intriguing patients, and reveals with great sensitivity the moral dilemmas he encounters in his practice. Acclaimied for his wit and passion, his humor and insights, the writer exemplifies the qualities of a gifted physician/author. Though he deals intimately with death, as has been said of Selzer, "He celebrates life." |
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