title: Medicine and the arts. Mortal Lessons: Notes on the Art of Surgery [excerpt] by Richard Selzer. Commentary.
authors.affiliation: Department of Family Medicine, Program in Medical Humanities and Arts, University of California, Irvine, School of Medicine, Irvine, CA, USA.
authors.forename: Johanna
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Shapiro
mesh_terms: D049673:History, 20th Century; D008513:Medicine in Literature; D013514:Surgical Procedures, Operative