Do No Harm

Stories of Life, Death and Brain Surgery
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ISBN-13:
9781780225920
Veröffentl:
2014
Erscheinungsdatum:
09.10.2014
Seiten:
291
Autor:
Henry Marsh
Gewicht:
274 g
Format:
190x126x25 mm
Sprache:
Englisch
Beschreibung:

Henry Marsh was one of Britain's foremost brain surgeons, and worked as Consultant Neurosurgeon at Atkinson Morley's/St George's Hospital in London for thirty years. Since retiring from full-time work in the NHS, he has continued to operate and lecture abroad, in Nepal, Albania and Ukraine. He has been the subject of two award-winning documentary films, YOUR LIFE IN THEIR HANDS and THE ENGLISH SURGEON. He is the author of two memoirs, the SUNDAY TIMES bestselling DO NO HARM and ADMISSIONS. He was made a CBE in 2010.

The SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLING, award-winning and candid insight into the life and work of a modern neurosurgeon - its triumphs and disasters.
'An astonishing glimpse into this stressful career' INDEPENDENT ON SUNDAY

An astonishingly candid insight into the life and work of a modern neurosurgeon - its triumphs and disasters. A SUNDAY TIMES bestseller, and longlisted for the GUARDIAN FIRST BOOK AWARD and the SAMUEL JOHNSON PRIZE FOR NON-FICTION.

'A SUPERB ACHIEVEMENT' IAN MCEWAN

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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, Henry Marsh reveals the exhilarating drama of surgery, the chaos and confusion of a busy modern hospital, and above all the need for hope when faced with life's most agonising decisions.

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Winner:
PEN Ackerley Prize
South Bank Sky Arts Award for Literature

Shortlisted:

Costa Biography Award
Duff Cooper Prize
Wellcome Book Prize
Guardian First Book Award
Slightly Foxed Best First Biography Prize

Longlisted:

Samuel Johnson Prize for Non-Fiction

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