Frontiers of Surgery

by Ann Fullick

Book Overview

"First do no harm. Sometimes doctors are required not to do what patients ask for, because their professional assessment of the request is that it will cause harm, not good." Did you know that surgeons can now operate on babies before they are even born? Or that robot surgeons already perform a variety of operations? So, what are the possibilities or the drawbacks of such advances in surgery? The Science at the Edge series is about developments and...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1403491283
• ISBN13: 9781403491282
• Release Date: January 2007
• Publisher: Heinemann Educational Books
• Length: 64 Pages
• Age Range: 11 to 14 years
• Grade Range: Grades 6 to 9