An edition of Another Day in the Frontal Lobe (2006)

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A Brain Surgeon Exposes Life on the Inside

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An edition of Another Day in the Frontal Lobe (2006)

Another Day in the Frontal Lobe

A Brain Surgeon Exposes Life on the Inside

  • 4.00 ·
  • 2 Ratings
  • 4 Want to read
  • 0 Currently reading
  • 2 Have read

Katrina Firlik is a neurosurgeon, one of only two hundred or so women among the alpha males who dominate this high-pressure, high-prestige medical specialty. She is also a superbly gifted writer--witty, insightful, at once deeply humane and refreshingly wry. In Another Day in the Frontal Lobe, Dr. Firlik draws on this rare combination to create a neurosurgeon's Kitchen Confidential--a unique insider's memoir of a fascinating profession.Neurosurgeons are renowned for their big egos and aggressive self-confidence, and Dr. Firlik confirms that timidity is indeed rare in the field. "They're the kids who never lost at musical chairs," she writes. A brain surgeon is not only a highly trained scientist and clinician but also a mechanic who of necessity develops an intimate, hands-on familiarity with the gray matter inside our skulls. It's the balance between cutting-edge medical technology and manual dexterity, between instinct and expertise, that Firlik finds so appealing--and so difficult to master. Firlik recounts how her background as a surgeon's daughter with a strong stomach and a keen interest in the brain led her to this rarefied specialty, and she describes her challenging, atypical trek from medical student to fully qualified surgeon. Among Firlik's more memorable cases: a young roofer who walked into the hospital with a three-inch-long barbed nail driven into his forehead, the result of an accident with his partner's nail gun, and a sweet little seven-year-old boy whose untreated earache had become a raging, potentially fatal infection of the brain lining. From OR theatrics to thorny ethical questions, from the surprisingly primitive tools in a neurosurgeon's kit to glimpses of future techniques like the "brain lift," Firlik cracks open medicine's most prestigious and secretive specialty. Candid, smart, clear-eyed, and unfailingly engaging, Another Day in the Frontal Lobe is a mesmerizing behind-the-scenes glimpse into a world of incredible competition and incalculable rewards.From the Hardcover edition.

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Another day in the frontal lobe: a brain surgeon exposes life on the inside
2007, Random House
in English - Random House trade paperback ed.
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Another Day in the Frontal Lobe
2007, Orion Publishing Group, Limited
in English
Cover of: Another day in the frontal lobe
Another day in the frontal lobe: a brain surgeon exposes life on the inside
2007, Random House
in English - Random House trade paperback ed.
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Another Day in the Frontal Lobe: A Brain Surgeon Exposes Life on the Inside
2007-06-12, Random House Trade Paperbacks
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Cover of: Another Day in the Frontal Lobe
Another Day in the Frontal Lobe: a brain surgeon exposes life on the inside
2007, Random House
in English - Random House trade paperback ed.
Cover of: Another Day in the Frontal Lobe
Another Day in the Frontal Lobe: A Brain Surgeon Exposes Life on the Inside
2006, Random House
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Another Day in the Frontal Lobe
2006, Random House Publishing Group
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Another Day in the Frontal Lobe: A Brain Surgeon Exposes Life on the Inside
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Edition Notes

Includes index.

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New York
Genre
Biography.

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
617.4/8092, B
Library of Congress
RD592.9.F57 A3 2006

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Format
Hardcover
Pagination
p. cm.

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OL3430342M
Internet Archive
anotherdayinfro000firl
ISBN 10
1400063205
ISBN 13
9781400063208
LCCN
2005055260
Library Thing
900377
Goodreads
193724

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