作者:
Stephen Westaby
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斯蒂芬·韦斯塔比 出版社: HarperCollins 副标题: A Heart Surgeon’s Stories of Life and Death on the Operating Table 出版年: 2017-2-9 页数: 320 定价: GBP 14.99 装帧: Hardcover ISBN: 9780008196769
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 do...
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.
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 Westab...
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
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Foreword vii
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
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Foreword vii
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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1 有用 Banyan 2019-03-26 00:25:00
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... 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。 (展开)
0 有用 ImageNoise 2022-06-06 22:01:09
因为我最近的手术我开始对外科感兴趣#雾#许多病人都是因为作者想要进行医学"创举"而进行的试验品。但是我这么说绝没有一丝谴责的意思甚至非常崇敬，因为这些病人已经极度病危且被完全告知手术风险，而这位医生也仅仅想由此唤起公共意识和换取一点经费(本书可能也有此意吧?)。作者坦诚而诙谐，病人的刻画也是血肉丰满，足以动人。
0 有用 Amy 2022-09-24 22:12:35 新加坡
第五季脱口秀大会的王十七调侃了他的人工心脏 突然想到这本给我科普了好多心脏知识的好书 还有那十多个生与死的故事 不知道王十七的人工心脏是书中那两位都没活过两年的勇士的 还是那位在头盖骨scew了一个电源的那位风趣幽默的先驱者那种 很感动我的故事还有索马里母亲和儿子 Anna和家人同命运的搏斗 还有clark哥哥因为机缘巧合被救活了 他的弟弟却没那么幸运 生命真的伟大又复杂
0 有用 菠萝，菠萝！ 2020-12-30 17:17:26
精彩又感人
4 有用 lowai 2017-07-31 15:47:51
跟神外那本Do No Harm比, 这本书的调调不那么elegant, 内容更侧重于手术而不像Do No Harm那样更哲学考虑终极关怀更多一些; 这本书主要案例都是作者自己在心脏手术方面的innovation的例(如人工心脏), 神外那本例子感觉更寻常, 手术也更calm.