by Atul Gawande · Lua de Papel · tapa blanda · ISBN 9789724151045
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«A Mão Que Nos Opera» is surgeon Atul Gawande's essay on medical practice, published by Lua de Papel in paperback (304 pages, in Portuguese).
With real cases, the book is divided into three sections: the fallibility of doctors, the difficulties of diagnosis, and clinical uncertainty. It features stories such as that of a television presenter ruined by excessive blushing and a woman devoured alive by bacteria; a portrait of medicine as an imperfect science.
Originally published as Complications: A Surgeon's Notes on an Imperfect Science (2002), this Portuguese edition, translated by Ana Carneiro, includes a preface by João Lobo Antunes and belongs to the Check Up collection.
For readers interested in the human side of medicine and in non-fiction accounts of clinical experience.
