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When the Air Hits Your Brain

byFrank T. Vertosick

Genres: Health Biography

Who is this book for? Readers interested in medicine, surgery, and personal stories of medical professionals.

Topics Critical careNeurosurgerySurgical expertiseMedical challengesLife-saving proceduresTraumatic injuriesPersonal growthHuman resilienceMedical ethicsProfessional developmentSurvivalIdentityCourage

MoodReflective

HumorOccasional Humor

ViolenceMild

With poignant insight and humor, Frank Vertosick Jr., MD, describes some of the greatest challenges of his career, including a six-week-old infant with a tumor in her brain, a young man struck down in his prime by paraplegia, and a minister with a .22-caliber bullet lodged in his skull. Told through intimate portraits of Vertosick’s patients and unsparing yet fascinatingly detailed descriptions of surgical procedures, When the Air Hits Your Brain—the culmination of decades spent struggling to learn an unforgiving craft—illuminates both the mysteries of the mind and the realities of the operating room.

Language

Published on

15/04/2008

Pages

272

Format

Paperback

ISBN

9780393330496

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