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Knife before Wife is a candid account of surgical training in Britain during a time of dramatic change. Retired surgeon John Chester pulls back the curtain on the hidden world of the operating theatre, the camaraderie of surgical 'firms', and the demanding apprenticeship that shaped a generation of doctors. With sharp insight and humour, he captures the intensity, absurdities, and triumphs of life behind the scalpel. Reflecting on the decline of general surgery and the rise of specialisation, the author offers an insider's view of how surgery in the UK has been transformed. Both memoir and commentary, Knife before Wife is an engaging portrait of a profession in transition, written with warmth, wit, and humanity.

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