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50 Book Challenge #8: Another Day in the Frontal Lobe

By "Milbarge" and "Fitz-Hume"

Another Day in the Frontal Lobe: A Brain Surgeon Exposes Life on the Inside by Katrina Firlik. (Amazon, B&N, Powell's) I don't have a lot to say about this one. It was fine. Firlik is a neurosurgeon, and writes about her practice. Her book is a pretty good overview of the types of things neurosurgeons do, complete with a few suitably gory tales. There's some discussion of the ethical dilemmas of her work, but I didn't find it to be a particularly deep book. Perhaps I'm just not as interested in neurosurgery, but I didn't find Frontal Lobe as interesting or thought-provoking as, say, Complications by the general surgeon Atul Gawande. It was entertaining enough, though, and Firlik is a smooth writer, so it wasn't a bad read. Certainly recommended if you're interested in neurosurgery, or thinking about going to medical school, but I'd say it's not compulsory for anyone else.

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Full post as published by Begging the Question on May 11, 2008 (boomark / email).