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.
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.
發表於2024-11-02
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作為醫學生的自己也有那麼一點感觸吧 。 有一章節狄更斯的話讓我印象深刻:“擁有一顆永不變硬的心,永不厭煩的脾氣,一雙手觸碰人時永遠不會傷害彆人。”醫學是需要溫度的,看那些真正的醫學大傢,內心深處都是特彆善良的人啊,不然怎麼可以犧牲自己那麼多的光陰,青春,傢庭...
評分8.5分。 很奇怪,離開醫生這個行業以後,又開始喜歡看醫學類的書籍。想瞭一下,大概是因為,越是看到人類在疾病麵前的苦痛、掙紮、希望、絕望,就能越深入地探測到醫生內心那些猶疑、偏執、茫然、和冰冷的自我否定,我就會越加肯定自己多年以前的選擇,正如這位偉大的心髒外科...
評分8.5分。 很奇怪,離開醫生這個行業以後,又開始喜歡看醫學類的書籍。想瞭一下,大概是因為,越是看到人類在疾病麵前的苦痛、掙紮、希望、絕望,就能越深入地探測到醫生內心那些猶疑、偏執、茫然、和冰冷的自我否定,我就會越加肯定自己多年以前的選擇,正如這位偉大的心髒外科...
評分看理想老友計劃贈送的書,物超所值。韋斯塔比醫生不僅有高超的醫術,文筆也不錯。跌宕起伏驚心動魄的故事裏摻進一兩句玩笑,讀起來非常受用。上一次讀心外科的人文書籍是李清晨連載的心外傳奇。 作為一個心外科醫生,失敗的手術肯定是多數的,但讀者需要英雄,需要振奮人心的成...
評分圖書標籤: 醫學 英文原版 自傳 科普 英國 傳記 紀實 故事
we were adrenaline junkies living on a continuous high, craving action. sleep deprivation underpins the psychopathy of the surgical mind - immunity to stress, an ability to take risks , the loss of empathy.
評分作者是Pubmed一搜300+,隨便一篇就是心髒頂刊的業界大佬。末期病人的故事往往都很動人。腫瘤目前仍沒有可觀的治療方法。但是心衰的病人真的是越來越有希望瞭。盡管我們國傢依然走在歐美的二十年之後(書中96年就開始做人工泵瞭,而我們現在的兩個所謂國産泵還依然在臨床試驗)。就算心髒停止瞭跳動,神奇的人類與科技仍然可以挽救生命。Indefinitely pulsatile。但是本書對非心髒相關專業的人都略有不友好,建議不是超有信心的朋友還是讀中文版,專業詞匯著實有點略多。我是建立在體外循環專業的基礎上,且對各種泵還略有瞭解,超級認真的讀下去還蠻有滋味。
評分啊哈,好多人從腦外Do No Harm來的。
評分推薦這本書,一個心髒外科醫生的自傳。
評分作者是Pubmed一搜300+,隨便一篇就是心髒頂刊的業界大佬。末期病人的故事往往都很動人。腫瘤目前仍沒有可觀的治療方法。但是心衰的病人真的是越來越有希望瞭。盡管我們國傢依然走在歐美的二十年之後(書中96年就開始做人工泵瞭,而我們現在的兩個所謂國産泵還依然在臨床試驗)。就算心髒停止瞭跳動,神奇的人類與科技仍然可以挽救生命。Indefinitely pulsatile。但是本書對非心髒相關專業的人都略有不友好,建議不是超有信心的朋友還是讀中文版,專業詞匯著實有點略多。我是建立在體外循環專業的基礎上,且對各種泵還略有瞭解,超級認真的讀下去還蠻有滋味。
Fragile Lives 2024 pdf epub mobi 電子書 下載