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
我日常喜爱读小说，热衷于在创作者的笔下领略起承转合，挖掘伏笔铺排，赞叹绝地反击。虽然也为不少角色的生死揪心，但大体是知道走向，有个预期的。 拿到《打开一颗心》的时候，也有类似的预期。虽说是非虚构，但总是习惯性的视为“故事”。要给我讲医学史上的故事对不对，人类...
评分换手机号后就丢失了豆瓣账号，好了丢了也好，十几岁那会的矫情也真是看不下去哈哈，不看书评也不会想到来豆瓣。说回这本书，真是好读，有多好读呢？我中午读《宋徽宗》的时候也很喜欢，但是会困，一定要用一杯美式或者浓茶就一下。（没有任何说宋徽宗不好看的意思，也非常好不...
评分 评分 评分换手机号后就丢失了豆瓣账号，好了丢了也好，十几岁那会的矫情也真是看不下去哈哈，不看书评也不会想到来豆瓣。说回这本书，真是好读，有多好读呢？我中午读《宋徽宗》的时候也很喜欢，但是会困，一定要用一杯美式或者浓茶就一下。（没有任何说宋徽宗不好看的意思，也非常好不...
用户评价
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.
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.
评分作为一个很想学医的人，这本书满足了我对于医生一切的想象。
评分推荐这本书，一个心脏外科医生的自传。
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