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Knife in the Fast Lane

Subtitle:: A Surgeon's Perspective from the Sharp End of Sport
By:: Bill Ribbans
Price:: £19.99
Out:: 2nd November 2020
ISBN:: 9781785316883
Format:: Hardback
Size:: 240 x 160
Pages:: 416
Foreword:: Sir Ian McGeechan and Greg Rutherford

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Knife in the Fast Lane charts the history of care for sportspeople from the expert view of an orthopaedic surgeon with over 40 years' experience. Bill Ribbans takes you inside the life of a surgeon operating on some of sport's biggest names, interwoven with fascinating, surprising and controversial subjects from the annals of sports medicine.

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Bill Ribbans has been a doctor and orthopaedic surgeon for over 40 years. His passion is sport and he has specialised in the care of athletes. He has lectured and written extensively of his experiences and reflections on controversial areas within the sporting world that affect the welfare of sportspeople. Knife in the Fast Lane combines these strands to entertain and inform all who follow or work in sport.

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