Final Exam: A Surgeon's Reflections on Mortality
by Chen, Pauline W
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0307263533
- ISBN 13
- 9780307263537
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Book and dust jacket are in fine condition. The image provided is the actual book I'm offering for sale. No markings or damage to any pages. No sunning. No clips. Structure of the book (covers, binding, spine, hinges) is tight and free of damage. Page block is nice and square. Cut pages. Additional photos will be provided upon request in order to ensure the quality and integrity of your book purchase.
Synopsis
Pauline W. Chen attended Harvard University and the Feinberg School of Medicine at Northwestern University and completed her surgical training at Yale University, the National Cancer Institute (National Institutes of Health), and UCLA, where she was most recently a member of the faculty. In 1999, she was named the UCLA Outstanding Physician of the Year. Dr. Chen’s first nationally published piece, “Dead Enough? The Paradox of Brain Death,” appeared in the fall 2005 issue of The Virginia Quarterly Review and was a finalist for a 2006 National Magazine Award. She is also the 2005 cowinner of the Staige D. Blackford Prize for Nonfiction and was a finalist for the 2002 James Kirkwood Prize in Creative Writing. She lives near Boston with her husband and children.
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- Bookseller
- The Dusty Bookcase (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 0003274
- Title
- Final Exam: A Surgeon's Reflections on Mortality
- Author
- Chen, Pauline W
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover. Glued binding. Paper over boards. With dust jacket. 268 p. Audience: General/trade.
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0307263533
- ISBN 13
- 9780307263537
- Publisher
- Alfred A. Knopf
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 2007
- LCCN
- 2006049361
- Keywords
- Biography & Autobiography; Chen, Pauline W.; Death; Ethics; General; Medical; Moral and ethical aspects; Non-Fiction; Surgeons; Surgery; Terminal care
- Bookseller catalogs
- Biography & Autobiography; Non-fiction; Medical;
- Size
- Octavo
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