Do no harm : stories of life, death and brain surgery
Marsh, Henry, 1950-2014
Book
What is it really like to be a brain surgeon, to hold someone's life in your hands, to drill down into the stuff that creates thought, feeling and reason? How do you live with the consequences of performing a potentially life-saving operation when it all goes wrong? In this powerful, gripping and brutally honest account, one of the country's top neurosurgeons reveals what it is to play god in the face of the life-and-death situations he encounters daily. Henry Marsh gives a rare insight into the intense drama of the operating theatre, the chaos and confusion of a modern hospital, the exquisite complexity of the human brain, and the blunt instrument that is surgeon's knife by comparison.
| Location | Collection | Call number | Status/Desc |
|---|---|---|---|
| Prestwich Library | Adult Non-Fiction | 617.481092 | Available |
| Ramsbottom Library | Adult Non-Fiction | 617.481092 | Available |
Main title:
Do no harm : stories of life, death and brain surgery / Henry Marsh.
Author:
Marsh, Henry, 1950-, author
Imprint:
London : Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 2014.London : Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 2014.
Collation:
x, 278 pages ; 23 cm
ISBN:
9780297869870 (hbk)
Dewey class:
617.481092617.481092 MAR617.481617.481092MAR
Language:
English
BRN:
1489883