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The Knife's Edge

Hardcover • 2019 • 1. edition

The Knife's Edge

By Stephen Westaby

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About the book

A TIMES BEST BOOK OF 2019 An intimate and compelling exploration into the unique psyche of the heart surgeon, by one of the profession's most eminent figures. Although Professor Stephen Westaby was born with the necessary coordination and manual dexterity, it was a head trauma sustained during university that gifted him the qualities of an exceptional heart surgeon: qualities that are frequently associated with psychopathy. His thirty-five-year career has been characterised by fearlessness and r...Show more

Cardiothoracic surgery

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ISBN

9780008285777

Publisher

HarperCollins Publishers

Published year

2019

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1

Original title

The Knife's Edge

Format

Hardcover

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