Highly candid, insightful, and unexpectedly humorous essays on both the brutality and the beauty of the profession in which saving and losing lives is all in a day s work. A timeless collection by the best of the writing surgeons (Chicago Tribune). With a Preface written by the Author especially for this edition.
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In this collection of nineteen unforgettable essays, Dr. Selzer describes unsparingly the surgeon s art. Both moving and perversely funny, Mortal Lessons is an established classic that considers not only the workings and misworkings of the human body but also the meaning of life and death. With a Preface written by the Author especially for this edition.
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This volume presents the text of a play that focuses on two gay lovers, one in an exhausting battle with AIDS, and two friends who join together to help the man with AIDS end his life.