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First published by Scribe 2015

Copyright © Samer Nashef 2015

Foreword © Terence English 2015
‘Storm’ © Tim Minchin 2008. Quote used with kind permission.

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Nashef, Samer, author.

The Naked Surgeon: the power and peril of transparency in medicine / Samer Nashef.

9781925106664 (Australian edition)
9781922247933 (UK edition)
9781925113808 (e-book)

1. Heart–Surgery. 2. Surgery–Decision making. 3. Surgery–Risk factors. 4. Diagnosis, Surgical. 5. Surgical indications. 6. Evidence-based medicine.

617.9

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