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Medical Humanities, Ethics, and Disability

One Fellow’s Confession and Transformation

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 February 2012

STEPHANIE M. VERTREES
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Extract

In Confessions of a Knife, Richard Selzer gives a candid account of his life as a surgeon, divulging mistakes, regrets, impressions, and emotions in beautiful, metaphorical prose.

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Bioethics Education
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Cambridge Quarterly of Healthcare Ethics , Volume 21 , Issue 2 , April 2012 , pp. 260 - 266
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2012

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