{"product_id":"do-no-harm-stories-of-life-death-and-brain-surgery","title":"Do No Harm: Stories of Life, Death, and Brain Surgery","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe Instant\u003ci\u003e New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e best seller! \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eRiveting. ... [Marsh] gives us an extraordinarily intimate, compassionate and sometimes frightening understanding of his vocation. - \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWinner of the PEN Ackerley Prize\u003cbr\u003eShortlisted for both the \u003ci\u003eGuardian \u003c\/i\u003eFirst Book Prize and the Costa Book Award\u003cbr\u003eLonglisted for the Samuel Johnson Prize for Non-Fiction\u003cbr\u003eA Finalist for the Pol Roger Duff Cooper Prize\u003cbr\u003eA Finalist for the Wellcome Book Prize\u003cbr\u003eA \u003ci\u003eFinancial Times \u003c\/i\u003eBest Book of the Year\u003cbr\u003eAn \u003ci\u003eEconomist \u003c\/i\u003eBest Book of the Year\u003cbr\u003eA \u003ci\u003eWashington Post \u003c\/i\u003eNotable Book of the Year\u003cbr\u003eA \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003eNotable Book of the Year \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhat 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 lifesaving operation when it all goes wrong? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn neurosurgery, more 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, leading neurosurgeon Henry Marsh must make agonizing decisions, often in the face of great urgency and uncertainty. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIf you believe that brain surgery is a precise and exquisite craft, practiced by calm and detached doctors, this gripping, brutally honest account will make you think again. With astonishing compassion and candor, Marsh reveals the fierce joy of operating, the profoundly moving triumphs, the harrowing disasters, the haunting regrets, and the moments of black humor that characterize a brain surgeon's life. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eDo No Harm \u003c\/i\u003eprovides 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.","brand":"Henry Marsh","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46521529434348,"sku":"9781250090133","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0684\/1791\/3068\/files\/9781250090133.jpg?v=1749015963","url":"https:\/\/allstora.com\/products\/do-no-harm-stories-of-life-death-and-brain-surgery","provider":"Allstora","version":"1.0","type":"link"}