How Your Surgeon Feels: Lifetime Essays in the Art and Science of Surgery

By James C. Neely M.D.

In the vast array and vitriol of our National Health debate , the doctors voice , especially that of the surgeon , is rarely solicited , and seldom heard . It is mostly the clamor of patients you hear or the rancor of politicians . This compendium of lifetime essays will restitute an imbalance that is long overdue .

The collection speaks to how a practicing surgeon really feels about the vital medical issues of our day , and what needs to be done to improve his lifes work and his dedicated care for his patients . American medicine is at a desperate crossroads where the qualitative health of ourselves and our beloved country have arrived at critical mass . Herewith a rare insiders insights , with unadulterated answers . .

• Language: English
• Publisher: iUniverse
• Release date: Jan 29, 2009
• ISBN: 9781440114199

James C. Neely M.D.

James C. Neely , M. D. is a Clinical Professor of Surgery at the University of California in San Francisco . He is a published author and poet . He is retired and lives with his wife Patti in Napa , California . He is the father of five children , and grandfather of three girls .

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