Monday Mornings.

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Monday Mornings.

April 11, 2012

Gupta S. New York, NY: Grand Central Publishing; 2012. ISBN: 9780446583855.

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To illustrate how physicians learn from mistakes, this novel (written by CNN medical correspondent Dr. Sanjay Gupta) explores the impact of a medical error on surgeons at one hospital.

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