具体描述
An incredible memoir from one of the world’s most eminent heart surgeons and some of the most remarkable and poignant cases he’s worked on.
Grim Reaper sits on the heart surgeon’s shoulder. A slip of the hand and life ebbs away.
The balance between life and death is so delicate, and the heart surgeon walks that rope between the two. In the operating room there is no time for doubt. It is flesh, blood, rib-retractors and pumping the vital organ with your bare hand to squeeze the life back into it. An off-day can have dire consequences – this job has a steep learning curve, and the cost is measured in human life. Cardiac surgery is not for the faint of heart.
Professor Stephen Westaby took chances and pushed the boundaries of heart surgery. He saved hundreds of lives over the course of a thirty-five year career and now, in his astounding memoir, Westaby details some of his most remarkable and poignant cases – such as the baby who had suffered multiple heart attacks by six months old, a woman who lived the nightmare of locked-in syndrome, and a man whose life was powered by a battery for eight years.
A powerful, important and incredibly moving book, Fragile Lives offers an exceptional insight into the exhilarating and sometimes tragic world of heart surgery, and how it feels to hold someone’s life in your hands.
作者简介
Steve Westaby is a celebrated world-famous heart surgeon who is renowned for being the first surgeon in history to fit a patient with a new type of artificial heart. During his 35-year career as a surgeon he worked at several of the UK’s top hospitals and performed over 11,000 heart operations. He won the Ray C. Fish Award for Scientific Achievement (2004). In 2004 Steve Westaby was featured in the BBC documentary Your Life in Their Hands, which is a long-running series on the subject of surgery.
目录信息
1 The Ether Dome 1
2 Humble Beginnings 14
3 Lord Brock’s Boots 26
4 Township Boy 38
5 The Girl with No Name 54
6 The Man with Two Hearts 85
7 Saving Julie’s Heart 114
8 Black Banana 137
9 Domino Heart 163
10 Life on a Battery 187
11 Anna’s Story 212
12 Mr Clarke 237
13 Adrenaline Rush 247
14 Despair 269
15 Double Jeopardy 285
16 Your Life in Their Hands 305
Afterword 321
Acknowledgements 327
Glossary 333
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读后感
书读到一半 我的泪腺有点吊诡地处于崩溃的边缘 因为这本书无可避免地让我想起了我几年前去世的外公，在今天的南通市人民医院耳鼻喉科医生办公室门口那块牌子上，还清楚地注明着他的大名，和他如何在江北一手开设了五官专科。这种后知后觉地惋惜让我鼻酸，站在私人情感的维度，...
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用户评价
啊哈，好多人从脑外Do No Harm来的。
评分医学人文类书籍，今年看过最好的书，集医学知识、种族、人文、生活等元素为一体。特别是youtube上可以找到相关医学案例的采访，增加了阅读体验，太精彩了！
评分和好多小伙伴一样，看完Henry Marsh那本脑外之后来Stephen Westaby这边看心外。之前想看的Under the Knife就是他的新作。顶级外科医生们退休后转行科普类畅销书作者，人生也是很完满了。
评分上半年最佳
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