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22%OFFHenry Marsh - Do No Harm: Stories of Life, Death and Brain Surgery - 9781780225920 - V9781780225920
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Do No Harm: Stories of Life, Death and Brain Surgery

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Description for Do No Harm: Stories of Life, Death and Brain Surgery Paperback. An astonishingly candid insight into the life and work of a modern neurosurgeon - its triumphs and disasters. A SUNDAY TIMES bestseller, and shortlisted for the GUARDIAN FIRST BOOK AWARD and the COSTA BIOGRAPHY AWARD, as well as longlisted for the SAMUEL JOHNSON PRIZE FOR NON-FICTION. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: BM; MNN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 199 x 26. Weight in Grams: 274.
'A SUPERB ACHIEVEMENT' IAN MCEWAN * * * * * What is it like to be a brain surgeon? How does it feel to hold someone's life in your hands, to cut through the stuff that creates thought, feeling and reason? How do you live with the consequences when it all goes wrong? DO NO HARM offers an unforgettable insight into the highs and lows of a life dedicated to operating on the human brain, in all its exquisite complexity. With astonishing candour and compassion, ... Read more

Product Details

Publisher
Orion Publishing Co
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
Number of Pages
304
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781780225920
SKU
V9781780225920
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About Henry Marsh
Henry Marsh read Politics, Philosophy and Economics at Oxford University before studying medicine at the Royal Free Hospital in London. He became a Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons in 1984 and was appointed Consultant Neurosurgeon at Atkinson Morley's/St George's Hospital in London in 1987, where he still works full time. He has been the subject of two major ... Read more

Reviews for Do No Harm: Stories of Life, Death and Brain Surgery
A fascinating look inside the head of a man whose job it is to fiddle around in ours. He acknowledges that surgeons are arrogant, that they play God, but that they are also afflicted by despair, sorrow and doubt. He is scathing on NHS bureaucracy and his picture of doctors doing their best but basically flailing in the dark made ... Read more

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