{"product_id":"admissions-life-as-a-brain-surgeon-1","title":"Admissions Life as a Brain Surgeon","description":"\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\u003cbr\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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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","brand":"Blue Vase Bulk","offers":[{"title":"Used \/ 9781250190024-001","offer_id":43737273598013,"sku":"9781250190024-001","price":4.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0589\/4225\/9261\/files\/2815173482633.jpg?v=1790685984","url":"https:\/\/www.bluevasebooks.com\/products\/admissions-life-as-a-brain-surgeon-1","provider":"Blue Vase Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}