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The 2017 National Book Critics Circle NBCC Finalist, International Bestseller, and a Kirkus Best Nonfiction Book of 2017 Marsh has retired, which means he s taking a thorough inventory of his life His reflections and recollections make Admissions and even introspective memoir than his first, if such a thing is possible The New York Times Consistently entertainingHonesty is abundantly apparent here a quality as rare and commendable in elite surgeons as one suspects it is in memoirists The Guardian Disarmingly frank storytellinghis reflections on death and dying equal those in Atul Gawande s excellent Being Mortal The EconomistHenry 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 Following the publication of his celebrated New York Times bestseller 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 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. Best Download Admissions [ author ] Henry Marsh [ Kindle ePUB or eBook ] – kino-fada.fr I love autobiographies Sometimes one identifies strongly with the writer, and the reading process feels quite seamless Then there are other writers whose experiences of life and the world are very different to yours This makes for a bumpy ride, with little identification, but these books are often the most fascinating For me this autobiography fits the latter mould.Marsh starts the book by telling us that above everything, he values his suicide kit, which he plans to use if he gets dementia, I love autobiographies Sometimes one identifies strongly with the writer, and the reading process feels quite seamless Then there are other writers whose experiences of life and the world are very different to yours This makes for a bumpy ride, with little identification, but these books are often the most fascinating For me this autobiography fits the latter mould.Marsh starts the book by telling us that above everything, he values his suicide kit, which he plans to use if he gets dementia, or some horrible terminal illness He ends the book in a similar fashion, discussing voluntary euthanasia He approves of countries and states where this is legal, and points out that the fact it is available doesn t mean that everyone rushes up to take advantage of it, rather it acts as a cushion of reassurance reassurance that if everything gets too bad, there is a kindly way out He also mention...Brain surgeon Henry Marsh s first book, Do No Harm, was one of my favorite reads of 2015 Admissions serves as a sort of sequel, recording Marsh s last few weeks at his London hospital and the projects that have driven him during his first years of retirement woodworking, renovating a derelict lock keeper s cottage by the canal in Oxford, and yetneurosurgery on medical missions to Nepal and the Ukraine But he also ranges widely over his past, recalling... Nearing the end of his career, neurosurgeon Henry Marsh reflects on a life in surgery.Marsh read Politics, Philosophy and Economics at Oxford University before studying medicine at the Royal Free Hospital in London, graduating in 1979 He became a Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons in 1984 and was appointed Consultant Neurosurgeon at Atkinson Morley s St.George s in 1987, he retired from there in 2015 and has since continued to operate in Nearing the end of his career, neurosurgeon Henry Marsh reflects on a life in surger...It s been some time since I read Henry Marsh s wonderful and compelling memoir of his life in neurosurgery, Do No Harm I had hoped to re read it prior to starting his new one, Admissions, but I didn t manage it I d ordered the book from Britain as it won t appear in Canada until the fall of 2017, and I didn t want to wait I started it almost immedi... , ,.Another book by Henry Marsh that puts you into the life and death brain surgeries that he performs This one is near the ending of his NHS employment and he posits upon retirement and his future workshop rehab project This is the book that gives us his regrets, his admissions to fault Not just to his unsuccessful brain tumor surgery outcomes, but to his lacks or his inabilities to connect when he feels he should have been able to do so This book is about self appraisal and his is brutal a Another book by Henry Marsh that puts you into the life and death brain surgeries that he performs This one is near the ending of his NHS employment and he posits upon retirement and his future workshop rehab project This is the book that gives us his reg...I won an ARC of this book in a Goodreads giveaway It s apparently due to be published in October of 2017 A bookmark that came with it urges me to include stmartinspress in my review, so consider it done.Yet another book where the title sums it upsuccinctly than I ever could Henry Marsh is indeed a brain surgeon presumably retired by now , and this is actually his second volume of memoirs Do No Harm was the first The book was fascinating Marsh writes well, with great candor, and a I won an ARC of this book in a Goodreads giveaway It s apparently due to be published in October of 2017 A bookmark that came with it urges me to include stmartinspress in my review, so consider it done.Yet another book where the title sums it upsuccinctly than I ev...Won in Goodreads Giveaways not read, passed on.Marsh s Do No Harm is one of the most compelling books I ve ever read, and gave me pause at many points This one did too, but for different reasons In this book we find Marsh contemplating retirement, and reflecting on what went right, and what went often catastrophically wrong with his career, his profession, and his life in general It is a sad, poignant, and often very pessimistic memoir, as Marsh reflects on letting go not just of his calling , but of life too His thoughts on mortali Marsh s Do No Harm is one of the most compelling books I ve ever read, and gave me pause at many points This one did too, but for different reasons In this book we find Marsh contemplating retirement, and reflecting on what went right, and what went often catastrophically wrong with his career, his profession, and his life in general It is a sad, poignant, and often very pessimistic memoir, as Marsh reflects on letting go not just of his calling , but of life too His thoughts on mortality are difficult to read, but I think that is the point as humans, we mostly run away from the concept of our own deaths Marsh is choosing to face the end of his working life, and the eventual end of his mortal life As you might expect, this book isn t as packed with as many medical stories as Do No Harm , but it s none ...This book presents an interesting look into the life and mindset of a brain surgeon He was trained and worked in the United Kingdom but also did volunteer work in several Third World countries He describes and contrasts doing medicine in those very different environments.

Admissions
  • English
  • 22 June 2017
  • Hardcover
  • 288 pages
  • 1250127262
  • Henry Marsh
  • Admissions