Gabriel Weston "Cutting - a story of surgery".

Author: Gabriel Weston First edition: 2010 Medical topic: A female surgeon’s story Description: What does a surgeon feel when making an incision that could determine a person’s life? What dilemmas does a doctor face when they fall in love with a patient and receive an invitation to a (hospital!) bed? How should one act when a superior’s incompetence could lead to a patient’s death? How much strength does it take to tell a twenty-year-old that they have only a few days left to live? In *The Cut*, British surgeon Gabriel Weston presents both chilling stories from the operating room and the daily life of a doctor. Like Atul Gawande’s *Complications* or the TV series *Grey’s Anatomy*, Weston’s book offers a glimpse into the hospital and what happens there from the perspective of the staff. The Cut candidly describes the highs and lows of a surgeon’s life. It recounts the dramatic surgeries the author has performed and her journey to the profession—from her first visits to the morgue to the struggle a woman must wage for her place in a male-dominated medical hierarchy.