Admissions Life as a Brain Surgeon
Admissions Life as a Brain Surgeon by Henry Marsh, published by St. Martin’s Publishing Group on October 3, 2017, is a reflective memoir that delves into the author’s extensive career in neurosurgery. In this edition, Marsh shares his experiences from the surgical frontline, highlighting both the exhilarating highs and devastating lows of his profession. He recounts his transition from a full-time surgeon in England to working pro bono in Ukraine and Nepal, offering insights into the challenges faced in these impoverished regions and the complexities of medical practice.
Readers will find a candid exploration of the burdens and responsibilities that accompany a career in medicine, as Marsh reflects on his early days as a medical student and the experiences that shaped him. The narrative addresses the delicate balance between prolonging life and the tragic costs that can accompany such decisions. Through his introspective storytelling, Marsh reveals the profound lessons learned over forty years of handling the human brain, ultimately leading to a fresh understanding of what truly matters in life. This 288-page memoir is presented in English and invites readers to contemplate the intricacies of life, death, and the human experience within the medical field.
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The 2017 National Book Critics Circle (NBCC) Finalist, International Bestseller, and a Kirkus Best Nonfiction Book of 2017!
“Marsh has retired, which means he’s taking a thorough inventory of his life. His reflections and recollections make Admissions an even more introspective memoir than his first, if such a thing is possible.” —The New York Times
“Consistently entertaining…Honesty is abundantly apparent here–a quality as rare and commendable in elite surgeons as one suspects it is in memoirists.” —The Guardian
“Disarmingly frank storytelling…his reflections on death and dying equal those in Atul Gawande’s excellent Being Mortal.” —The Economist
Henry Marsh has spent a lifetime operating on the surgical frontline. There have been exhilarating highs and devastating lows, but his love for the practice of neurosurgery has never wavered.
Following the publication of his celebrated New York Times bestseller Do No Harm, Marsh retired from his full-time job in England to work pro bono in Ukraine and Nepal. In Admissions he describes the difficulties of working in these troubled, impoverished countries and the further insights it has given him into the practice of medicine.
Marsh also faces up to the burden of responsibility that can come with trying to reduce human suffering. Unearthing memories of his early days as a medical student, and the experiences that shaped him as a young surgeon, he explores the difficulties of a profession that deals in probabilities rather than certainties, and where the overwhelming urge to prolong life can come at a tragic cost for patients and those who love them.
Reflecting on what forty years of handling the human brain has taught him, Marsh finds a different purpose in life as he approaches the end of his professional career and a fresh understanding of what matters to us all in the end.
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