
Admissions
Life as a Brain Surgeon
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Narrated by:
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Henry Marsh
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By:
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Henry Marsh
This program is read by the author
An international best seller
Henry Marsh has spent a lifetime operating on the surgical front line. There have been exhilarating highs and devastating lows, but his love for the practice of neurosurgery has never wavered.
Following the publication of his celebrated New York Times best seller Do No Harm, Marsh retired from his full-time job in England to work pro bono in Ukraine and Nepal. In Admissions he describes the difficulties of working in these troubled, impoverished countries and the further insights it has given him into the practice of medicine.
Marsh 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.
Reflecting on what 40 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.
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My Favorite of 2017!
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Great content, narration difficult
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Soul searching and searingly honest reflection of an English neurosurgeon
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honest and sad
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There was a very nice mix of medical, human and natural beauty.
Great book
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Profound
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A gifted writer
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Moving into retirement somewhat unhappily, having started the process in a fit of pique, he tells the story of the cottage that will be his last retirement project, and the talents he will need to
revive it. I would love to see the results of his labors!
As a medical retiree, I can relate to his stories and understand most of his frustrations; he is a very good narrator, and does a wonderful job.
I thoroughly enjoyed this tale, and will reccommend it to everyone!
Very special!
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I really enjoyed listening to the descriptions of his patients and the outcomes good and bad.
I didn't like the parts that we are nothing but electrical impulses and nothing else exists beyond this life or the discussions regarding euthanasia or suicide. However, these conclusions makes sense in a worldview that excludes a transcendent God.
Just ok
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I enjoyed and was moved many times by this book. it was great to have this read by the author.
wonderful book
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