Fragile Lives: A Heart Surgeon’s Stories of Life and Death on the Operating Table & The Knife's Edge By Stephen Westaby 2 Books Collection Set

Fragile Lives: A Heart Surgeon’s Stories of Life and Death on the Operating Table & The Knife's Edge By Stephen Westaby 2 Books Collection Set image
ISBN-10:

9123967242

ISBN-13:

9789123967247

Author(s): Stephen Westaby
Released: Jan 01, 2020
Publisher: HarperCollins/M
Format: Paperback, 0 pages
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Please Note That The Following Individual Books As Per Original ISBN and Cover Image In this Listing shall be Dispatched Collectively:\nFragile Lives: A Heart Surgeon's Stories of Life and Death on the Operating Table & The Knife's Edge By Stephen Westaby 2 Books Collection Set:\nFragile Lives: A Heart Surgeon's Stories of Life and Death on the Operating Table :
An incredible memoir from one of the world's most eminent heart surgeons, recalling 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.\nThe Knife's Edge [Hardcover]:
Although Professor Stephen Westaby was born with the necessary coordination and manual dexterity, it was a head trauma sustained during university that gifted him the qualities of an exceptional heart surgeon: qualities that are frequently associated with psychopathy. His thirty-five-year career has been characterised by fearlessness and ruthless ambition; leaving empathy at the hospital door as thousands of patients put their lives in his hands.For heart surgeons, the inevitable cost of failure is death and in The Knife s Edge, Westaby reflects on the unique mindset of those who are drawn to this exhilarating and often tragic profession. We discover the pioneers who grasped opportunities and took chances to drive innovation and save lives. Often difficult, uninhibited and fearless, theirs is a field constantly threatened by the risk of public failure.












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