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Admissions

byHenry Marsh

Who is this book for? Readers interested in personal stories of medical professionals and reflections on life and death.

Topics SurvivalIdentityMorality
MoodReflective
The second book by the author of Waterstones championed bestseller, Do No Harm We are told that we must not act like gods, but sometimes we must, if we believe that the doctor’s role is to reduce suffering and not just to save life at any cost. Henry Marsh has spent a lifetime operating on the surgical frontline. There have been exhilarating highs and devastating lows, but his love for the practice of neurosurgery has never wavered. Prompted by his retirement from his full-time job in the NHS, and through his continuing work in Nepal and Ukraine, Henry has been forced to reflect more deeply about what forty years spent handling the human brain has taught him. Moving between encounters with patients in his London hospital, to those he treats in the more extreme circumstances of his work abroad, Henry 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 both patients and for those who love them. In this searing, provocative and deeply personal memoir, the bestselling author of Do No Harm finds new purpose in his own life as he approaches the end of his professional career, and a fresh understanding of what matters to us all in the end. Read an Waterstones exclusive Q&A with Henry Marsh in which he discusses his life at the frontline of surgery, his views on end of life care and the future of the NHS.

Language

en

Published on

17/05/2018

Pages

288

Format

Paperback

ISBN

9781474603874

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