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Admissions: A Life in Brain Surgery

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title Admissions: A Life in Brain Surgery
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Henry Marsh
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:288
Dimensions(mm): Height 196,Width 128
ISBN/Barcode 9781474603874
ClassificationsDewey:610.92
Audience
General
Tertiary Education (US: College)
Professional & Vocational

Publishing Details

Publisher Orion Publishing Co
Imprint Weidenfeld & Nicolson
Publication Date 17 May 2018
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

'Sensational' SUNDAY TIMES NO. BESTSELLER 'Extraordinary...both exhilarating and alarming...fascinating' DAILY MAIL 'Wonderful...a testament to the tenacity of the human spirit' FINANCIAL TIMES Henry Marsh has spent four decades operating on the human brain. In this searing and provocative memoir following his retirement from the NHS, he reflects on the experiences that have shaped his career and life, gaining a deeper understanding of what matters to us all in the end.

Author Biography

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. His prize-winning memoir, DO NO HARM, was a SUNDAY TIMES and NEW YORK TIMES bestseller. He has been the subject of two award-winning documentary films, YOUR LIFE IN THEIR HANDS and THE ENGLISH SURGEON. He was made a CBE in 2010.

Reviews

A truly extraordinary account. Henry Marsh's honesty and simple pragmatism underpin an amazing life of tantalising curiosity and contact with the most complex organ in the known universe Sensational...Marsh is curmudgeonly, unflinching, clinical, competitive, often contemptuous and consistently curious. In Admissions he scrubs up just as well the second time around and continues to revel in his joyous candour - The Sunday Times Admissions is a humbling read, in which neurosurgeon Henry Marsh shares fascinating facts learnt during his 40-year career as a brain surgeon. He has a deep humanity that resonates throughout - Good Housekeeping