New York / London: W. W. Norton & Company. Near Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1995. First Edition. Hardcover. Signed by Author; 0393037215 . Signed by author on half title page. First printing. Clean, straight copy with foxing on the top edge. Gilbert is an influential literary critic and poet who has published widely in the fields of feminist literary criticism, feminist theory, and psychoanalytic criticism. She is Professor emeritus of English at the University of California, Davis and a recipient of the National Book Critics Circle’s Ivan Sandrof Lifetime Achievement Award. . Wrongful Death tells "A wrenching tale of medical mistakes, death, shock, grief, and frustration, told with love and anger... Her descriptions of her failure to get straight answers from the hospital and its doctors, and her sessions wit the lawyers who handled the lawsuit she eventually felt compelled to bring, give a human dimension to the controversy about medical malpractice litigation and its cost. Powerful testimony to the painful truth tha worst-case scenarios really do happen." Kirkus Reviews, book jacket blurb. .

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Bookseller: E Ridge fine Books (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 4774
Title: Wrongful Death: A Medical Tragedy
Author: Gilbert, Sandra M
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Near Fine in Fine dust jacket
Edition: First Edition
ISBN 10: 0393037215
ISBN 13: 9780393037210
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Place of Publication: New York / London
Date Published: 1995
Keywords: Woman Poet, Feminst, NORTon Anthology of Literature by Women, Death & Dying, Family - Death, WIDOW - Grief, Medical Malpractice, Medical Lawsuit, Wrongful Death Suit
Bookseller catalogs: Women's Studies; Signed Books; Biographies & Autobiographies;

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