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Walk on Water: The Miracle of Saving Children's Lives
Walk on Water The Miracle of Saving Children's Lives
Author: Michael Ruhlman
Described by one surgeon as "soul-crushing, diamond-making stress," surgery on congenital heart defects is arguably the most difficult of all surgical specialties. Drawing back the hospital curtain for a unique and captivating look at the extraordinary skill and dangerous politics of critical surgery in a pediatric heart center, Michael Ruhlman ...  more »
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ISBN-13: 9780142004111
ISBN-10: 0142004111
Publication Date: 3/30/2004
Pages: 352
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3.8 stars, based on 11 ratings
Publisher: Penguin Books
Book Type: Paperback
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A compelling look at premier baby-heart surgeon Roger Mee and his Cleveland Clinic staff, the author Ruhlman deftly passes the hypoplasts and transplants, parents' hopes and doctors' egos to depict a neonatal intensive-care unit that is both technically precise and all to human.
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