Face to Face by Professor Jim McCaul - ISBN: 9780552174336
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Ravaged faces, pioneering surgery, and lives reborn: a surgeon’s human journey.

Face to Face

True stories of life, death and transformation from my career as a facial surgeon

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  • Paperback

    320 pages

  • Release Date

    7 February 2019

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Summary

Powerful human stories from Jim McCaul’s extraordinary work as a facial surgeon, and a fascinating journey through the history of reconstruction techniques pioneered during WWI.

“Face to Face is not just a brilliant introduction to one of the most exacting areas of modern medicine, it’s a humbling glimpse of humans at their best.” - Sunday Times

So much of our identity and sense of self is vested in the face we see in the bathroom mirror every morning. Now imagine that face so…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9780552174336
ISBN-10:0552174335
Author:Professor Jim McCaul, Jim McCaul
Publisher:Transworld Publishers Ltd
Imprint:Corgi Books
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:320
Release Date:7 February 2019
Weight:220g
Dimensions:198mm x 127mm x 19mm
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Critics Review

The face is our window on the world. In his powerful and moving account McCaul describes how it feels to take it apart and put it back together again, in the battlefield and on the operating table. This is often scary stuff, but always inspiring. * Professor Stephen Westaby, bestselling author of Fragile Lives *
There’s a vicarious thrill to being let into this insider zone… Inspires wonder at all that modern medicine can achieve. * TLS *
Fascinating and life-affirming … Jim McCaul confides in us the joys and the agony of facial surgery. *
Dr Richard Shepherd, bestselling author of Unnatural Causes *
Face to Face is not just a brilliant introduction to one of the most exacting areas of modern medicine, it’s a humbling glimpse of humans at their best. * Sunday Times *
Enjoyable and compelling. * Mail on Sunday *
A trailblazer in his field … Face to Face is a love letter to both the fragility and stoic robustness of the human body. * Herald Scotland *
A wonderful book for everyone who has a zest for the healing power of curiosity. *
Professor Gordon Turnbull, Consultant Psychiatrist and author of Trauma *
The pages sear the mind’s eye with stories of tragedy, loss, hope, life and death. * Evening Times *

About The Author

Professor Jim McCaul

Jim McCaul is Consultant Surgeon in Maxillofacial, Head and Neck Surgery at the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital, Glasgow. He was appointed as Consultant Surgeon in Bradford Teaching Hospitals in West Yorkshire in 2006 and worked there for eight years before becoming Consultant Maxillofacial/Head and Neck Surgeon at the Royal Marsden Hospital, London, in April 2014. He is the author of 57 scientific papers though this is his first book for the general market. He lives in Scotland with his family.

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