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Do no harm : stories of life, death, and brain surgery / Henry Marsh.

Marsh, Henry, 1950- (author.).

Summary:

"Neurosurgeon Henry 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. If you believe that brain surgery is a precise and exquisite craft, practiced by calm and detached surgeons, this ... brutally honest account will make you think again"--Amazon.com.

Record details

ISBN: 9781250065810
ISBN: 125006581X
Physical Description: x, 277 pages ; 22 cm
Edition: First U.S. edition.
Publisher: New York : Thomas Dunne Books/St. Martin's Press, 2015.
Copyright: ©2014.

Content descriptions

Formatted Contents Note:	Pineocytoma -- Aneurysm -- Haemangioblastoma -- Melodrama -- Tic douloureux -- Angor animi -- Meningioma -- Choroid plexus papilloma -- Leucotomy -- Trauma -- Ependymoma -- Glioblastoma -- Infarct -- Neurotmesis -- Medulloblastoma -- Pituitary adenoma -- Empyema -- Carcinoma -- Akinetic mutism -- Hubris -- Photopsia -- Astrocytoma -- Tyrosine kinase -- Oligodendroglioma -- Anaesthesia dolorosa.
Original Version Note:	First published: Great Britain : Weidenfeld & Nicolson, [2014].