Another Day in the Frontal Lobe: A Brain Surgeon Exposes Life on the Inside
 

Another Day in the Frontal Lobe: A Brain Surgeon Exposes Life on the Inside

by Katrina Firlik

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... (read more)

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Dr. Firlik uncovers the complex and competitive profession of neurosurgery. This book brought me understanding of what neurosurgeons think and how they handle their patients and own personal conflicts; emotions, judgements, and the idea of "do no harm"...
I liked this book, that to me was a beacon of who i want to become and made me understand the reality of subspecializing; like Epilpsy surgery or spine surgery.

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