Admissions
a life in brain surgery
$25.80
- Paperback
288 pages
- Release Date
28 May 2018
Summary
Admissions: A Brain Surgeon’s Reflections on Life and the NHS
‘Sensational’ SUNDAY TIMES 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 r…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781474603874 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1474603874 |
| Author: | Henry Marsh |
| Publisher: | Orion Publishing Co |
| Imprint: | Weidenfeld & Nicolson |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 288 |
| Release Date: | 28 May 2018 |
| Weight: | 260g |
| Dimensions: | 196mm x 128mm x 24mm |
What They're Saying
Critics Review
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 TimesAdmissions 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 HousekeepingAbout The Author
Henry Marsh
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.
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