{"product_id":"1250190029","title":"Admissions: Life as a Brain Surgeon","description":"\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe 2017 National Book Critics Circle (NBCC) Finalist,\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003eInternational Bestseller, and a Kirkus \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eBest Nonfiction Book of 2017!\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e“Marsh has retired, which means he’s taking a thorough inventory of his life. His reflections and recollections make \u003ci\u003eAdmissions \u003c\/i\u003ean even more introspective memoir than his first, if such a thing is possible.” \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e―\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Disarmingly frank storytelling...his reflections on death and dying equal those in Atul Gawande's excellent \u003ci\u003eBeing Mortal\u003c\/i\u003e.\" \u003c\/b\u003e―\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Economist\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eHenry Marsh has spent a lifetime operating on the surgical frontline. There have been exhilarating highs and devastating lows, but his love for the practice of neurosurgery has never wavered. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eFollowing the publication of his celebrated \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003ebestseller \u003ci\u003eDo No Harm\u003c\/i\u003e, Marsh retired from his full-time job in England to work pro bono in Ukraine and Nepal. In \u003ci\u003eAdmissions\u003c\/i\u003e he describes the difficulties of working in these troubled, impoverished countries and the further insights it has given him into the practice of medicine. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eMarsh 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. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eReflecting on what forty 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eCategories:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul class=\"category-tree\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eScience \u0026amp; Math\u003cul class=\"category-tree\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBiological Sciences\u003cul class=\"category-tree\"\u003e\u003cli class=\"category-tree\"\u003eBiology\u003c\/li\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n","brand":"Picador","offers":[{"title":"Used - Good","offer_id":45262293041342,"sku":"1250190029-4","price":5.47,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0640\/9689\/5166\/files\/81UymvIoxgL.jpg?v=1754092017","url":"https:\/\/shop.sustainablebooks.com\/products\/1250190029","provider":"Sustainable Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}