Another Day in the Frontal Lobe: A Brain Surgeon Exposes Life on the Inside
Format: ebook
ISBN:
9781299095236 (1299095232)
Publish date: January 1st 2006
Publisher: Random House, Inc.
Edition language: English
Category:
Non Fiction,
Autobiography,
Memoir,
Biography,
Science,
Biology,
Health,
Medical,
Biography Memoir,
Medicine,
Neuroscience,
Brain
I enjoyed this autobiography and although the surgical side was interesting I didn't find it said much more about the processes and 'how to become a brain surgeon' than you couldn't gleam from 'Scrubs' or 'Grey's Anatomy'. I guess that makes it accessible or perhaps there really isn't that much to b...
It made me a little squeamish to read detailed, vivid accounts of brain surgery, anatomy- drilling holes in skulls and pulling back skin flaps, eek. However, this was an intriguing read, and didn't devolve into predictable territory of Woman Neurosurgeon in a Man's World very often.Cynically, I won...
A well-written and easy to follow account of Firlik's training as a neurosurgeon (she was the first woman admitted to her neurosurgery residency). The narrative is more of a gloss plus clinical highlights than a more in-depth account lof her training; it is not especially psychological, though she d...
Ultimate difficult job? Brain surgeon, right? Turns out it's not that hard...at least it doesn't seem all that hard according to Katrina Firlik in her memoir, Another Day in the Frontal Lobe. She's got some stories to tell. I won't give anything away, but you won't forget the man with the infection ...
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