Do No Harm

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What is it like to be a brain surgeon How does it feel to hold someone s life in your hands, to cut into the stuff that creates thought, feeling and reason How do you live with the consequences of performing a potentially life saving operation when it all goes wrong In neurosurgery, than in any other branch of medicine, the doctor s oath to do no harm holds a bitter irony Operations on the brain carry grave risks Every day, Henry Marsh must make agonising decisions, often in the face of great urgency and uncertainty.If you believe that brain surgery is a precise and exquisite craft, practised by calm and detached surgeons, this gripping, brutally honest account will make you think again With astonishing compassion and candour, one of the country s leading neurosurgeons reveals the fierce joy of operating, the profoundly moving triumphs, the harrowing disasters, the haunting regrets and the moments of black humour that characterise a brain surgeon s life Do No Harm is an unforgettable insight into the countless human dramas that take place in a busy modern hospital Above all, it is a lesson in the need for hope when faced with life s most difficult decisions. Best Read [ Do No Harm ] By [ Henry Marsh ] – kino-fada.fr I read this book because Mr Marsh operated on a friend of mine who had a brain tumour she sadly died, but 5 years after her surgery Some throwaway lines such as I like to wash my female patients hair rang true she had wonderful long hair and she found it very moving that her surgeon made her hair beautiful again after the mess that accompanies brain surgery.As a fellow doctor , I both liked his honesty but also realised he must be impossible to work with Other asides which are very reve I read this book because Mr Marsh operated on a friend of mine who had a brain tumour she sadly died, but 5 years after her surgery Some throwaway lines such as I like to wash my female patients hair rang true she had wonderful long hair and she found it very moving that her surgeon made her hair beautiful again after the mess that accompanies brain surgery.As a fellow doctor , I both liked his honesty but also realised he must be impossible to work with Other asides which are very revealing I think most of my colleagues dislike me and the story of him throwing out fellow surgeons from his neurosurgery restroom reveals a lot of insight into how he is viewed at work Other statements such as I do not allow junior doctors or medical students in my clinic are just exasperating how do the...This was a bit of a surprise after reading several of the late Oliver Sacks books on neurology view spoiler including On the Move, his autobiography and my best book of the year hide spoiler , concentrating on the symptoms, psychology and behaviour of a person with a brain with a physical disorder This book is on the nitty gritty scalpels in the brain, b...An intensely readable book about Henry Marsh s experiences as a neurosurgeon, working for St George s Hospital, under the British National Health Service It also describes the charity work he does at a hospital in the Ukraine, working in incredibly difficult conditions He s funnyand pompous yet humble. and a brilliant yet vulnerable man, who is not above throwing the occasional wobbly when one of the ghastly NHS computers behaves badly His other great b te noir is a hatred of admini An intensely readable book about Henry Marsh s experiences as a neurosurgeon, working for St George s Hospital, under the British National Health Service It also describes the charity work he does at a hospital in the Ukraine, working in incredibly difficult conditions He s funnyand pompous yet humble. and a brilliant yet vulnerable man, who is not above throwing the occasional wobbly when one of the ghastly NHS computers behaves badly His other great b te noir is a hatred of administration generally of which there is an endless amount in hospitals , and in particular the myriad health and safety rules which intrude upon his life as a doctor But he has a kinder view towards people especially towards his patients.Until reading this book I hadn t really taken on board the full impli...4.5 stars The Goodread s description of Do No Harm talks about the books astonishing compassion and candor and says it s it is a lesson in the need for hope when faced with life s most difficult decisions I m thinking whoever wrote that only read half the book English neurosurgeon Henry Marsh does write beautifully about brain surgery There certainly is great compassion and candor, and he s fascinating on the topic of the human brain ho...Terrible job, neurosurgery Don t do it Lucky for us, Henry Marsh reports back from the frontlines of brain surgery so we don t have to He s nearing retirement age after a career divided between a London hospital and medical missions to Ukraine The punchy chapters are named after conditions he has treated or observed Rarely, he has been a patient himself detached retinas, a broken leg , or observed a family member s illness his son s...If you re really squeamish about blood and body parts and squishy bits, this isn t the book for you Marsh talks a lot about the practicality of operating on the brain, as well as about interacting with patients, decision making, dealing with outcomes, training new surgeons, etc He s very frank about all of it If, like me, you re planning to become a doctor, you might want to read it just to get a frank, unvarnished view of what it s like to work in the NHS, what it s like to have people s liv If you re really squeamish about blood and body parts and squishy bits, this isn t the book for you Marsh talks a lot about the practicality of operatin...Is there anythingfrightening than the thought of being diagnosed with a brain tumour In the vast world of illness and disease, it is perhaps the singular worst thing any patient can begin to comprehend Dr Marsh has made a career out of performing complex surgical procedures on such patients, and not always with a positive result.The brain is a fascinating yet often poorly understood organ As a registered nurse, I have cared for patients afflicted by hundreds if not thousands of diff Is there anythingfrightening than the thought of being diagnosed with a brain tumour In the vast world of illness and disease, it is perhaps the singular worst thing any patient can begin to comprehend Dr Marsh has made a career out of performing complex surgical procedures on such patients, and not always with a positive result.The brain is a fascinating yet often poorly understood organ As a registered nurse, I have cared for patients afflicted by hundreds if not thousands of different ailments, however disease of the brain is perhaps one of the most overwhelming It controls every part of our being our thought processes, our emotions, behaviours, desires and so muchDr Marsh writes a gripping memoir dedicated to his many years of operating on some of the sickest patients in the country I enjoyed much of the book, and as a fellow NHS worker, could highly empathise with Dr Marsh s frustrations on the red tape that interfere...In 25 chapters, each built around a neurosurgical operation infections and strokes but mostly tumors , the author provides vivid accounts of patients before and after surgery as well as encounters with Britain s National Health Service Farthan the average doctor memoirist, Marsh does not conceal his feelings, whether dealing with patients, colleagues, assistants, or superiors, and he spares no one when matters turn out badly Beautifully written , candid, and honest about the advantages In 25 chapters, each built around a neurosurgical operation infections and strokes but mostly tumors , the author provides vivid accounts of patients before and after surgery as well as encounters with Brita...3.5 STARSThis book should be compulsory reading for Anyone who has ever been treated by the NHS Anyone who will ever conceivably be treated by the NHS Anyone who has, or ever will, undergo serious surgery of any kindHenry Marsh is a world renowned neurosurgeon who had been working as a consultant for the NHS for almost thirty years at the time that the book was written It gives a fascinating insight into neurosurgery itself as well as the changes that have occurred in British healthcare over that ti This book should be compulsory reading for Anyone who has ever been treated by the NHS Anyone who will ever conceivably be treated by the NHS Anyone who has, or ever will, undergo serious surgery of any kindHenry Marsh is a world renowned neurosurgeon who had been working as a consultant for the NHS for almost thirty years at the time that the book was written It gives a fascinating insight into neurosurgery itself as well as the changes that have occurred in British healthcare over that time While some of these changes are undoubtedly for the better when Marsh started out working in hospitals, there was a bar in which doctors drank and smoked for hours while on call many of them are negative The reader sees through Marsh s eyes the devastation wrought by ever changing and unrealistic government targets, unreliable technology and the increasingly labyrinthine ...

Do No Harm
  • English
  • 27 November 2017
  • Hardcover
  • 278 pages
  • 0297869876
  • Henry Marsh
  • Do No Harm