<p>In gripping accounts of true cases, surgeon Atul Gawande explores the power and the limits of medicine, offering an unflinching view from the scalpel''s edge. Complications lays bare a science not in its idealized form but as it actually is¿uncertain, perplexing, and profoundly human.<br><br><i>Complications </i>is a 2002 National Book Award Finalist for Nonfiction.</p>