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Admissions: A Life in Brain Surgery

Henry Marsh

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Reflective journey through a neurosurgeon's life.

If you've ever wondered about the weighty decisions that sit on the shoulders of a brain surgeon, "Admissions" is an intimate and compelling read. Henry Marsh offers a raw, heartfelt glimpse into the world of neurosurgery, balancing the triumphs and tribulations with personal anecdotes and philosophical musings. It's a book that humanizes the medical profession while pondering the delicate balance of life and death.

  • National Book Critics Circle Award Nominee for Autobiography (2017)
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Admissions: A Life in Brain Surgery

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ISBN: 9781474605892
Author: Henry Marsh
Date of Publication: 2017-04-26
Format: Paperback
Related Collections: Science, Biographies & Memoirs
Goodreads rating: 3.92
(rated by 7348 readers)

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Henry Marsh has spent a lifetime operating on the surgical front line. There have been exhilarating highs and devastating lows, but his love for the practice of neurosurgery has never wavered. Following the publication of his celebrated New York Times bestseller Do No Harm, Marsh retired from his full-time job in England to work pro bono in Ukraine and Nepal. In Admissions, he describes the difficulties of working in these troubled, impoverished countries and the further insights it has given him into the practice of medicine. Marsh also faces up to the burden of responsibility that can come with trying to reduce human suffering. Unearthing memories of his early days as a medical student and the experiences that shaped him as a young surgeon, he explores the difficulties of a profession that deals in probabilities rather than certainties and where the overwhelming urge to prolong life can come at a tragic cost for patients and those who love them. Reflecting on what forty years of handling the human brain has taught him, Marsh finds a different purpose in life as he approaches the end of his professional career and a fresh understanding of what matters to us all in the end.
 

Reflective journey through a neurosurgeon's life.

If you've ever wondered about the weighty decisions that sit on the shoulders of a brain surgeon, "Admissions" is an intimate and compelling read. Henry Marsh offers a raw, heartfelt glimpse into the world of neurosurgery, balancing the triumphs and tribulations with personal anecdotes and philosophical musings. It's a book that humanizes the medical profession while pondering the delicate balance of life and death.

  • National Book Critics Circle Award Nominee for Autobiography (2017)
Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.

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