First Cut: A Season in the Human Anatomy Lab

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Summary: Wonderful Glimpse Into the 1st Year of Med School!
Review: As a premedical student, I thoroughly enjoyed this piece of work...It examines the physical and emotional aspects of a first year med student quite well. A must-read for anyone contemplating a career in medicine.

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Summary: Wonderful Glimpse Into the 1st Year of Med School!
Review: First Cut provides an insider's view of what really happens in the "twilight zone" of the anatomy lab. Carter has followed a group of medical students through their initial fears, failures, and eventual triumphs as they learn to cope with the human aspects of cutting up cadavers. As they do so, they gain a quiet respect and admiration for the people that, through their deaths, have given the ultimate gift of learning. This book should be required reading for all in the medical profession!

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Summary: a great relief and a great read
Review: In the fall I will begin my first semester as a medical school student. I find the prospect of gross anatomy terrifying, and this book did an excellent job of lessening my anxiety towards the course and towards the ordeal that is medical school itself.

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Summary: a great relief and a great read
Review: In the fall I will begin my first semester as a medical school student. I find the prospect of gross anatomy terrifying, and this book did an excellent job of lessening my anxiety towards the course and towards the ordeal that is medical school itself.

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Summary: Well written and insightful account of a unique experience
Review: The author provides the reader with an opportunity to experience something unique and different -- human dissection.For those involved in medical education, the dissectioin experience is portrayed in a sensitive, insightful and accurate manner. The author's essays and illustrations of the dissections by Versalius provides a sensory of history and meaning that any health propfessions student about to take gross anatomy would find fscinating. This book is must reading for any first year medical student and should be on anyone's list who is concerned with the education of health professionals.