{"product_id":"admissions-life-as-a-brain-surgeon-paperback","title":"Admissions: Life as a Brain Surgeon - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eHenry Marsh\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe 2017 National Book Critics Circle (NBCC) Finalist, \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003eInternational Bestseller, and a Kirkus \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eBest Nonfiction Book of 2017!\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Marsh has retired, which means he's taking a thorough inventory of his life. His reflections and recollections make \u003ci\u003eAdmissions \u003c\/i\u003ean even more introspective memoir than his first, if such a thing is possible.\" \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e--\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Disarmingly frank storytelling...his reflections on death and dying equal those in Atul Gawande's excellent \u003ci\u003eBeing Mortal\u003c\/i\u003e.\" \u003c\/b\u003e--\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Economist\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHenry 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFollowing the publication of his celebrated \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003ebestseller \u003ci\u003eDo No Harm\u003c\/i\u003e, Marsh retired from his full-time job in England to work pro bono in Ukraine and Nepal. In \u003ci\u003eAdmissions\u003c\/i\u003e he describes the difficulties of working in these troubled, impoverished countries and the further insights it has given him into the practice of medicine. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMarsh 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eReflecting 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.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eHENRY MARSH \u003c\/b\u003estudied medicine at the Royal Free Hospital in London, 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. He has been the subject of two documentary films, \u003ci\u003eYour Life in Their Hands\u003c\/i\u003e, which won the Royal Television Society Gold Medal, and \u003ci\u003eThe English Surgeon\u003c\/i\u003e, which won an Emmy, and is the author of the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling memoir \u003ci\u003eDo No Harm and \u003c\/i\u003eNBCC finalist\u003ci\u003e Admissions\u003c\/i\u003e. He was made a CBE in 2010.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 288\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1 x 8.1 x 5.3 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 02, 2018\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52447719162163,"sku":"9781250190024","price":26.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/ZVhpV0hra0R4T0tsc0w1NkhGem56QT09.webp?v=1759017520","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/en-ca\/products\/admissions-life-as-a-brain-surgeon-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}