Do No Harm: Stories of Life, Death, and Brain Surgery

by Marsh, Henry
ISBN: 9781250090133
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Named a Notable Book of the Year by The New York Times Book Review and The Washington Post

What is it like to be a brain surgeon? How does it feel to hold someone's life in your hands, to cut into the stuff that creates thought, feeling and reason? How do you live with the consequences of performing a potentially lifesaving operation when it all goes wrong?

With astonishing compassion and candor, leading neurosurgeon Henry Marsh reveals the fierce joy of operating, the profoundly moving triumphs, the harrowing disasters, the haunting regrets and the moments of black humor that characterize a brain surgeon's life. Do No Harm provides unforgettable insight into the countless human dramas that take place in a busy modern hospital. Above all, it is a lesson in the need for hope when faced with life's most difficult decisions.

  • Format: TradePaperback
  • Author: Marsh, Henry
  • ISBN: 9781250090133
  • Condition: Used
  • Dimensions: 8.10 x 0.90
  • Number Of Pages: 320
  • Publication Year: 2016

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  • An honest doctor

    Kevin S. - 8 years 4 months ago

    Henry Marsh is a decorated English neurosurgeon who was memorably profiled in the 2007 documentary The English Surgeon. In Do No Harm, his first book, he gives us a frank and moving perspective into what it's like to operate inside people's skulls for a living. According to Marsh, the technical aspect is in fact, the easiest part of the job, measured against hospital politics, governmental oversight, and the always painful task of helping patients confront and accept their impending deaths. What makes Marsh's memoir stand out, however, is not his fascinating subject matter. Rather, it's his amazing capacity to own up to his own mistakes--which can be disastrous in his line of work--and let all the aspects of his rich, varied personality come through. Through it all, we get to know a man who is wise, arrogant, gregarious, somber, and above all humane.

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