Open Heart: A Cardiac Surgeons Stories of Life and Death on the Operating Table
Autor Stephen Westabyen Limba Engleză Hardback – 19 iun 2017
In
gripping
prose,
one
of
the
world's
leading
cardiac
surgeons
lays
bare
both
the
wonder
and
the
horror
of
a
life
spent
a
heartbeat
away
from
death
When
Stephen
Westaby
witnessed
a
patient
die
on
the
table
during
open-heart
surgery
for
the
first
time,
he
was
struck
by
the
quiet,
determined
way
the
surgeons
walked
away.
As
he
soon
understood,
this
detachment
is
a
crucial
survival
strategy
in
a
profession
where
death
is
only
a
heartbeat
away.
InOpen
Heart,
Westaby
reflects
on
over
11,000
surgeries,
showing
us
why
the
procedures
have
never
become
routine
and
will
never
be.
With
astonishing
compassion,
he
recounts
harrowing
and
sometimes
hopeful
stories
from
his
operating
room:
we
meet
a
pulseless
man
who
lives
with
an
electric
heart
pump,
an
expecting
mother
who
refuses
surgery
unless
the
doctors
let
her
pregnancy
reach
full
term,
and
a
baby
who
gets
a
heart
transplant-only
to
die
once
it's
in
place.
For
readers
of
Atul
Gawande'sBeing
Mortaland
of
Henry
Marsh'sDo
No
Harm,Open
Heartoffers
a
soul-baring
account
of
a
life
spent
in
constant
confrontation
with
death.
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9780465094837
ISBN-10: 046509483X
Pagini: 304
Dimensiuni: 165 x 248 x 32 mm
Greutate: 0.52 kg
Ediția:1
Editura: BASIC BOOKS
Colecția Basic Books
ISBN-10: 046509483X
Pagini: 304
Dimensiuni: 165 x 248 x 32 mm
Greutate: 0.52 kg
Ediția:1
Editura: BASIC BOOKS
Colecția Basic Books
Notă biografică
Stephen
Westabyis
a
pioneer
in
artificial
heart
technology
and
serves
as
Consultant
Cardiac
Surgeon
at
the
John
Radcliffe
Hospital,
Oxford.
He
lives
in
Oxford,
UK.
Recenzii
"In
this
unsentimental
account,
a
British
doctor
offers
gripping
stories
of
operations
and
blasts
the
National
Health
Service
for
failing
to
pay
for
lifesaving
equipment.
The
deaths
that
truly
madden
him
are
those
that
could
have
been
prevented
with
available
technologies."—New
York
Times
Book
Review,
Editor's
Choice
"InOpen Heart, British cardiac surgeon Stephen Westaby shares often astonishing stories of his own operating-room experiences, illuminating the science and art of his specialty through the patients whose lives he has saved and, in some cases, lost.... What makes Dr. Westaby's stories so compelling...is that he can't quite suppress his humanity."—Wall Street Journal
"Refreshingly, Westaby does not put a positive spin on suffering or cleave to false optimism... a reminder that nationalized medicine might ease the racial and economic injustices that currently determine which people die too soon, but it wouldn't spell the end of medically preventable deaths."—New York Times Book Review
"Westaby's highly readableOpen Heartis part memoir, part how-to (perform open-heart surgery, that is) and partAll Creatures Great and Small-style reflection, with stories throughout about cases he's encountered during his journey from eager medical student to seen-it-all senior physician... a heart-tugger, and a fascinating read."—BookPage
"A full-frontal and thrilling portrayal. Each story in this fascinating book brings a new nail-biting surgical adventure.... A gifted surgeon, Westaby is also a natural writer.... [Open Heart] succeeds on many levels: political battle cry, chronicle of bloody feats, history of modern cardiology, tribute to patients and paean to surgery."
—Daily Telegraph
"Dr. Westaby, a master cardiac surgeon, seamlessly assumes the role of a master storyteller, presenting a lifetime of experience that is as informative as it is riveting."—Joseph S. Coselli, M.D., professor of cardiac surgery at Baylor College of Medicine, Texas Heart Institute
"InOpen Heart, British cardiac surgeon Stephen Westaby shares often astonishing stories of his own operating-room experiences, illuminating the science and art of his specialty through the patients whose lives he has saved and, in some cases, lost.... What makes Dr. Westaby's stories so compelling...is that he can't quite suppress his humanity."—Wall Street Journal
"Refreshingly, Westaby does not put a positive spin on suffering or cleave to false optimism... a reminder that nationalized medicine might ease the racial and economic injustices that currently determine which people die too soon, but it wouldn't spell the end of medically preventable deaths."—New York Times Book Review
"Westaby's highly readableOpen Heartis part memoir, part how-to (perform open-heart surgery, that is) and partAll Creatures Great and Small-style reflection, with stories throughout about cases he's encountered during his journey from eager medical student to seen-it-all senior physician... a heart-tugger, and a fascinating read."—BookPage
"A
cracking
example
of
a
thriving
sub-genre
of
autobiography,
the
medical
memoir.
Anyone
who
enjoyed
the
2014
bestsellerDo
No
Harmby
the
brain
surgeon
Henry
Marsh,
a
friend
of
Westaby's,
will
relish
[this
book],
too....
Each
story
is
gripping,
written
in
a
vivid,
almost
brutal
way
that
matches
the
blood
and
gore
of
cardiac
surgery."
—Financial
Times"[Westaby's]
writing
is
bluff,
workmanlike
and
thrilling...
a
frank
and
absorbing
memoir
by
a
man
who
has
done
about
as
much
direct
good
to
his
fellow
human
beings
as
it
is
possible
to
do
in
one
lifetime."
—The
Times,
Book
of
the
Week"British
surgeon
and
artificial
heart
pioneer
Stephen
Westaby'sOpen
Heartis
a
thrilling
memoir
of
some
of
his
most
challenging
cases....
Each
case
is
more
astonishing
than
the
next."
—Shelf
Awareness"[A]
dazzling
memoir."
—Publishers
Weekly,
starred
review"Westaby
is
everything
you
would
hope
from
a
maverick
surgical
genius:
authoritative,
engaged,
passionate
and
opinionated.
His
book,
annoyingly
well
written
for
someone
who
has
penned
only
medical
papers
and
handbooks,
reads
like
a
thriller,
except
with
rather
more
corpses."
—The
Times(UK)"A full-frontal and thrilling portrayal. Each story in this fascinating book brings a new nail-biting surgical adventure.... A gifted surgeon, Westaby is also a natural writer.... [Open Heart] succeeds on many levels: political battle cry, chronicle of bloody feats, history of modern cardiology, tribute to patients and paean to surgery."
—Daily Telegraph
"Dr. Westaby, a master cardiac surgeon, seamlessly assumes the role of a master storyteller, presenting a lifetime of experience that is as informative as it is riveting."—Joseph S. Coselli, M.D., professor of cardiac surgery at Baylor College of Medicine, Texas Heart Institute
"A
first-rate
memoir
from
a
British
heart
surgeon....
required
reading
for
medical
students
and
hospital-show
junkies
but
also
for
anyone
curious
to
learn
about
hearts
and
the
heroic
measures
to
save
them."
—Kirkus
Reviews,
starred
review