Do No Harm
Stories of Life, Death, and Brain Surgery
New York : Thomas Dunne Books/St. Martin's Press, 2015.
Format: Book
Edition: First U.S. edition.
Description: x, 277 pages ; 22 cm
"Neurosurgeon Henry Marsh reveals the fierce joy of operating, the profoundly moving triumphs, the harrowing disasters, the haunting regrets, and the moments of black humor that characterize a brain surgeon's life. If you believe that brain surgery is a precise and exquisite craft, practiced by calm and detached surgeons, this ... brutally honest account will make you think again"--Amazon.com.
Contents:
Pineocytoma -- Aneurysm -- Haemangioblastoma -- Melodrama -- Tic douloureux -- Angor animi -- Meningioma -- Choroid plexus papilloma -- Leucotomy -- Trauma -- Ependymoma -- Glioblastoma -- Infarct -- Neurotmesis -- Medulloblastoma -- Pituitary adenoma -- Empyema -- Carcinoma -- Akinetic mutism -- Hubris -- Photopsia -- Astrocytoma -- Tyrosine kinase -- Oligodendroglioma -- Anaesthesia dolorosa.
Subjects:
Marsh, Henry, 1950-
Neurosurgeons -- England -- Biography.
Nervous system -- Surgery -- Anecdotes.
Marsh, Henry, 1950-
Neurosurgeons -- England -- Biography.
Nervous system -- Surgery -- Anecdotes.
ISBN:
9781250065810 (hardcover)
Availability | |||
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Call Number | Location | Shelf Location | Status |
HEALTH Specialist Mar | Main (Downtown) | Third Level, Nonfiction | Out (Due: 4/30/2024) |
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"First published in Great Britain by Weidenfeld & Nicolson [in 2014]"--Title page verso.