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Henry Marsh (2) (1950–)

Teoksen Do No Harm: Stories of Life, Death, and Brain Surgery tekijä

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Henry Marsh is a neurosurgeon who authored the memoir Do No Harm: Stories of Life, Death and Brain Surgery which won the PEN/Ackerley Prize 2015. The prize in the amout of £3000 (A$6115) is awarded to the author of a notable work of memoir or autobiography. (Bowker Author Biography)
Image credit: Cropped scan of back cover recto of the Phoenix paperback edition. Photographer: Tom Pilston.

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Virallinen nimi
Marsh, Henry Thomas
Syntymäaika
1950-03-05
Sukupuoli
male
Kansalaisuus
UK
Ammatit
neurosurgeon
Suhteet
Fox, Kate (wife)

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An odd book describing in detail brain surgery operations with risky outcomes, and the experience of the surgeon behind the work. The person, author, is by far a perfect human but is forced to act in a role that is beyond the everyday, and expect to be responsible for all sorts of trouble for his patients as alternative to death. You get something strange from this book, a sense of big themes of life, how culture handles them, the humanity of disease and the strange machine that wraps around the medical profession.… (lisätietoja)
 
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yates9 | 44 muuta kirja-arvostelua | Feb 28, 2024 |
I found Marsh's book captivating, though sometimes hard to read. Not just because the stories he tells deal with the harsh reality of life-threatening conditions but because witnessing his flawed actions is, frankly, off-putting. We all want to think of doctors, and surgeons in particular, as being infallible paragons of virtue and perfect decision-making. Yet, recognizing they're as human and flawed as the rest of us is terrifying.

My favourite chapter was the last one, where Marsh described his views on death, end-of-life care, and what it really means to die "a good death." I also appreciated his take on practicing medicine in Nepal. The parts set in Ukraine were more challenging to read - perhaps because I was born in Romania, and some of the descriptions hit a little too close to home.

Overall, I found this a complex, interesting, thought-provoking book, one I'm glad to have read.
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Elizabeth_Cooper | 13 muuta kirja-arvostelua | Oct 27, 2023 |
A candid and well-written memoir about a surgeon's confrontation with his own mortality through his own cancer diagnosis and treatment. This would be a good book for anyone going through a recent cancer diagnosis. Uplifting and down to earth. Totally immersive.
 
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mskrypuch | 5 muuta kirja-arvostelua | Sep 24, 2023 |
Somewhat interesting, but way too much about his carpentry.
 
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RickGeissal | 5 muuta kirja-arvostelua | Aug 16, 2023 |

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Teokset
3
Jäseniä
1,482
Suosituimmuussija
#17,331
Arvio (tähdet)
4.0
Kirja-arvosteluja
65
ISBN:t
84
Kielet
16

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