Being a Surgeon: New Book by Chair, Department of Surgery at the Aga Khan Hospital Nairobi, asks the hard questions doctors face

Being a Surgeon: New Book by Chair, Department of Surgery at the Aga Khan Hospital Nairobi, asks the hard questions doctors face
Mr Firoz Rasul (left), president Aga Khan University, congratulates Prof Asad J. Raja (right), author

Source: Daily Nation

Things need to change in operating rooms, for the sake of surgical patients and the doctors caring for them. In his new book, Dr Asad Raja reflects on 40 years in the surgical ward, probing issues that are sometimes a matter of life and death.

Dr Raja is a professor and chairman of the Department of Surgery at The Aga Khan University (AKU) Hospital in Nairobi.

His new book, titled Being a Surgeon: The Ten Commandments, explores the most soul-searching dilemmas and ethical questions facing the medical profession.

Read more – Dated: JUNE 30 2017

 

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