It takes the average reader 4 hours and 40 minutes to read The Woman in the Surgeon's Body by Joan Cassell
Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more
Surgery is the most martial and masculine of medical specialties. The combat with death is carried out in the operating room, where the intrepid surgeon challenges the forces of destruction and disease. What, then, if the surgeon is a woman? Anthropologist Joan Cassell enters this closely guarded arena to explore the work and lives of women practicing their craft in what is largely a man's world. Cassell observed thirty-three surgeons in five North American cities over the course of three years. We follow these women through their grueling days: racing through corridors to make rounds,...
The Woman in the Surgeon's Body by Joan Cassell is 280 pages long, and a total of 70,000 words.
This makes it 94% the length of the average book. It also has 86% more words than the average book.
The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 6 hours and 22 minutes to read The Woman in the Surgeon's Body aloud.
The Woman in the Surgeon's Body is suitable for students ages 12 and up.
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