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
英国著名心外科医生Stephen Westaby执笔自己近50年的从医经历，经手过12000颗心脏，一个个活生生的例子惊心动魄，看完的感觉是膜拜医生、敬畏生命。作者有天赋，具有大脑半球双侧优势，左右手都能动手术，敢于冒险尝试新技术，里面的手术描写很详细，都是一些疑难及创新的例子...
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用户评价
顶级专科医生大概是人类当中最接近神的职业了！
评分I will never confuse atrium with ventricle after reading the book. Lives are as fragile as they are strong. Wish there are more brave and excellent doctors as well as affordable life-saving technologies out there. And finally, cherish the best asset of yours since you are not a billionaire--your health.
评分Audible听完。可能是英式发音+专有名词不少，听的过程总走神。但认真听的部分，都觉可以拍成美剧了。果然人生如戏。医生足够坦诚，幽默，历史正是要感谢他这样的人，推动着技术进步帮助生命存续，而反过来，有时候，生存还是死亡，这真是个遇上什么医生的问题…. 印象特别深的，一是那个反复多次得心脏肿瘤的姑娘- 其实整本书都让我觉得，人类比想象的更坚强， 二是那个纪录片对象用仪器帮助心脏，但后来忘了换电池的 - 依附于机器或外部条件，确实总有危险，还有那个某exotic国家女子没挽回自己孩子的 - 真是灾难中深刻的苦。
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.
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