The Scalpel's Edge: The Culture of Surgeons

Acknowledgments. Introduction. 1.Encounters with Surgeons. 2.The Surgeon as Hero. 3.Are Surgeons Scientists? 4.Styles of Surgeons. 5.Communication with Colleagues. 6.Communication with Patients. 7.How Surgeons Make Decisions: Influence of Active Posture on Decision-Making. 8.Surgical Decision-Making, Referrals, and "Keeping" Patients. 9.The Natural History of Surgical Decisions and Their Consequences. 10.Operating Room Rituals. 11.Implications of the Culture of Surgeons for Modern Medicine. Appendix A: Culture, Medical Anthropology, and Biomedicine. Appendix B: American College of Surgeons. Appendix C: Cybersurgery: The New Surgical Technologies. Bibliography. Index.