The Book Prize Index

Complications: A Surgeon's Notes on an Imperfect Science

Atul Gawande

A book about medicine that reads like a thriller, "Complications" is "a uniquely soulful book about the science of mending bodies" (Adam Gopnik, author of "From Paris to the Moon").

Medicine & Public HealthMedicine & Public Health · medium confidenceMedicine & Public Health81 signalsLlm Classifier: Medicine & Public Health -> Medicine & Public HealthGoogle Books: Biography & Autobiography -> Memoir & AutobiographyGoogle Books: Biography & Autobiography -> BiographyScientific BiographyMedicine, Health & the BodyDisability & Difference

Award History

0 wins · 1 total

AwardYearResultCategory / Notes
National Book Award for NonfictionMajor2002FinalistSecondary source
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  3. 03 Suggested argument

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  4. 04 Reading orientation

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