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'Mohamed Khadra recounts stories from his life as a surgeon, from the gruelling years of training to the debilitating sleepless nights on call. He looks back at the doctors and patients who shaped his career; at the endless stream of humanity - courageous, pitiful, admirable and dislikable - who passed under his knife, as he recalls shocking tales of mistakes in theatre and the shattered lives of doctors defeated by the stresses of the job.
'Documenting the damaging politics in our healthcare system, the soul-destroying choices made for patients and the misplaced hope so common in the face of death, his dramatic account of a surgical life shows what happens when extraordinary events overtake everyday lives - including, even, his own.' (Publisher's blurb)
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When Doctor Becomes Patient
2009
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— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 11 February 2009; (p. 3) -
In Short : Nonfiction
2007
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review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 20-21 October 2007; (p. 35)
— Review of Making the Cut : A Surgeon's Memoir of Life on the Edge 2007 single work autobiography -
Memoir
2007
single work
review
— Appears in: The Age , 13 October 2007; (p. 28)
— Review of Making the Cut : A Surgeon's Memoir of Life on the Edge 2007 single work autobiography -
Incisive Diagnosis
2007
single work
review
— Appears in: The Australian Literary Review , October vol. 2 no. 9 2007; (p. 12)
— Review of Making the Cut : A Surgeon's Memoir of Life on the Edge 2007 single work autobiography ; Tiger's Eye : A Memoir 2000 selected work autobiography short story prose -
Sick at Heart
2007
single work
column
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 15 September 2007; (p. 13)
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Untitled
2007
single work
review
— Appears in: Bookseller + Publisher Magazine , August vol. 87 no. 2 2007; (p. 35)
— Review of Making the Cut : A Surgeon's Memoir of Life on the Edge 2007 single work autobiography -
Incisive Diagnosis
2007
single work
review
— Appears in: The Australian Literary Review , October vol. 2 no. 9 2007; (p. 12)
— Review of Making the Cut : A Surgeon's Memoir of Life on the Edge 2007 single work autobiography ; Tiger's Eye : A Memoir 2000 selected work autobiography short story prose -
Memoir
2007
single work
review
— Appears in: The Age , 13 October 2007; (p. 28)
— Review of Making the Cut : A Surgeon's Memoir of Life on the Edge 2007 single work autobiography -
In Short : Nonfiction
2007
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 20-21 October 2007; (p. 35)
— Review of Making the Cut : A Surgeon's Memoir of Life on the Edge 2007 single work autobiography -
Sick at Heart
2007
single work
column
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 15 September 2007; (p. 13) -
When Doctor Becomes Patient
2009
single work
column
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 11 February 2009; (p. 3)