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Do No Harm

Stories of Life, Death, and Brain Surgery

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Do No Harm

By: Henry Marsh
Narrated by: Jim Barclay
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What is it really like to be a brain surgeon, to hold someone's life in your hands, to drill down into the stuff that creates thought, feeling and reason?

In this brutally honest account, one of the country's top neurosurgeons reveals what it is to play god in life-and-death situations. Henry Marsh gives us a rare insight into the intense drama of the operating theatre and the exquisite complexity of the human brain.

©2014 Henry Marsh (P)2014 W F Howes Ltd Biographies & Memoirs Medical Physics Professionals & Academics Science Human Brain Surgery

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The incredible life of a brain surgeon in the NHS and the heart-breaking stories of his patients are described in the honest and revealing unabridged audiobook Do No Harm, written by brain surgeon Henry Marsh and narrated by Jim Barclay. Take a fascinating look into the neurosurgical operating room and gain a deep sense of the weight of responsibility the performing surgeon must bear forever. Told with the deepest compassion and loyalty to the lives of others, Marsh writes with eloquence about the profound significance of an organ that makes us who we are as individuals. Available now from Audible.
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Some chapters are better than others, especially the first ones if compared to the last ones... But nonetheless, very good!

Interesting and revealing

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I can't say that I loved this book, but I did learn a few things.

Pompous but none the less informative.

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Before i listened to this book, i was only a patient...but now i can see everything from a doctor's perspective. I know what it feels like to treat people, to make miracles... And inevitably - to make mistakes. I know now, how real the gift of forgiveness can be. How fragile each life is. And i want to thank Henry Marsh for his honesty, courage and determination! He's a legend. When i go to the hospital now i feel so different. So much better.

an amazing, honest book

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Stories of the good and bad of neurological surgery and the NHS.
Good insight into how decisions to operate are made - good and bad.

Interesting and insightful

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