
Mortal Lessons: Notes on the Art of Surgery
Richard Selzer(Author)
Thomson Learning (Publisher)
Published on 15. April 1996
Book
Paperback/Softback
220 pages
978-0-15-600400-8 (ISBN)
Description
A surgeon at the Yale Medical Center writes of the craft and practice of the operating room, blending narrative clinical material with dramatic and metaphoric tableaux of the human body.
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Cengage Learning EMEA
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 203 mm
Width: 133 mm
Thickness: 14 mm
Weight
285 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-15-600400-8 (9780156004008)
Copyright in bibliographic data and cover images is held by Nielsen Book Services Limited or by the publishers or by their respective licensors: all rights reserved.
Schweitzer Classification
Other editions
Additional editions

E-Book
11/2017
1st Edition
Mariner Books
from
€40.99
Available for download
Person
Richard Selzer (1928–2016) was for many years a surgeon practicing in New Haven, Connecticut, where he was also on the faculty of the Yale School of Medicine. He was born in Troy, New York, was graduated from Union College and Albany Medical College, and from the Surgical Training Program of Yale University. In 1975 he won the National Magazine Award for his essays on medicine. Dr. Selzer’s books include Letters to a Young Doctor, Mortal Lessons, Down from Troy, Imagine a Woman and Other Tales, and Raising the Dead.