A mistake : a novel / Carl Shuker.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Shuker, Carl, 1974- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Women surgeons--Fiction.

Women surgeons.

Patients--Fiction.

Patients.

Genre:

Fiction.

Medical fiction.

Medical novels.

Physical Description:

179 pages ; 22 cm

Edition:

First Counterpoint hardcover edition.

Place of Publication:

Berkeley, California : Counterpoint, 2019.

Summary:

"Elizabeth is a gifted surgeon--the only female consultant at her hospital. But while operating on a young woman with life-threatening blood poisoning, something goes horribly wrong. In the midst of a new scheme to publicly report surgeons' performance, her colleagues begin to close ranks, and Elizabeth's life is thrown into disarray. Tough and abrasive, Elizabeth has survived and succeeded in this most demanding, palpably sexist field. But can she survive a single mistake? A Mistake is a page-turning procedural thriller about powerful women working in challenging spheres. The novel examines how a survivor who has successfully navigated years of a culture of casual sexism and machismo finds herself suddenly in the fight of her life. When a mistake is life-threatening, who should ultimately be held responsible?"-- Provided by publisher.

ISBN:

9781640092495

1640092498

OCLC:

1118691275