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Title: Marginal at best
Review: After reading the reviews for this book, I eagerly purchased my copy. I am a general surgery resident and thus I thought I would find this book especially interesting. I did not. The author makes some interesting and valid observations, however I felt the book lacked any true analysis of what it really means to be a surgeon. If I were a medical student reading this I would steer clear of a career in surgery! Specifically I was annoyed by her contention that surgeons are merely clinicians and not true scientists as well as her insistence on referring to all surgeons by the male gender (a point she made early on). Clearly I am living proof of the contrary. In short, I was extremely disappointed and had a very difficult time even finishing this book.
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