Another Day in the Frontal Lobe: A Brain Surgeon Exposes Life on the Inside
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| Rating | : | 4.66 (765 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0812973402 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 271 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-04-06 |
| Language | : | English |
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"Many of the brains I encounter have been pushed around by tumors, blood clots, infections, or strokes that have swollen out of control. From Publishers Weekly The brain is my business," says Connecticut neurosurgeon Firlik. A woman in a male-dominated specialty, Firlik doesn't get worked up over minor things that can be construed as sexist; she finds that handling a patient's anxiety can be more complicated than the surgery itself, and she expects to be sued someday for malpractice. All rights reserved. Some have been invaded by bullets, nails, or even maggots." In these pages, a carpenter with a nail in his left frontal lobe goes home within a day of s
"The brain is my business." Katrina Firlik is one of approximately "The brain is my business." E. Bukowsky Katrina Firlik is one of approximately 4,500 neurosurgeons in the United States. Although only five percent are women, the number is growing as more bright and ambitious females enter the field. In her book, "Another Day in the Frontal Lobe," Firlik writes about her seven years of post-medical school training which led to her appointment as Chief Resident of Neurosurgery at the age of thirty-three, and later, to a job in an upscale Connecticut hospital.Afte. ,500 neurosurgeons in the United States. Although only five percent are women, the number is growing as more bright and ambitious females enter the field. In her book, "Another Day in the Frontal Lobe," Firlik writes about her seven years of post-medical school training which led to her appointment as Chief Resident of Neurosurgery at the age of thirty-three, and later, to a job in an upscale Connecticut hospital.Afte. "Well written inside look at neurological surgery" according to Michael Wilhelm. An insight into what really goes on after the anesthetic takes effect.. "Did We Read the Same Book?" according to Amazon Customer. I bought this book a few months ago in a store. I liked it, and I ordered another copy today for my aunt, who had a large but benign tumor removed from her brain several years ago. She's been fine since the operation, and I think she'll find this book to be a fascinating insight into how her surgeon perceived her.I noticed that there were several one star reviews. After reading them, I can only wonder if we read the same book. The author's continual present
Firlik confirms that timidity is indeed rare in the field. Firlik draws on this rare combination to create a neurosurgeon’s Kitchen Confidential–a unique insider’s memoir of a fascinating profession.Neurosurgeons are renowned for their big egos and aggressive self-confidence, and Dr. 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. Among Firlik’s more memorable cases: a young roofer who walked into the hospital with a three-inch-long barbed nail driven into his forehead, the result of an accident with his partner’s nail gun, and a sweet little seven-year-old boy whose untreated earache had become a raging, potentially fatal infection of the brain lining. From OR theatrics to thorny ethical questions, from the surprisingly primitive tools in a neurosurgeon’s kit to glimpses of future techniques like the “brain lift,” Firlik cracks open medicine’s most prestigious and secretive spec