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Admissions
- A Life in Brain Surgery
- Narrated by: Henry Marsh
- Length: 7 hrs and 54 mins
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Summary
Henry Marsh has spent a lifetime operating on the surgical front line. There have been exhilarating highs and devastating lows, but his love for the practice of neurosurgery has never wavered. Prompted by his retirement from his full-time job in the NHS, and through his continuing work in Nepal and Ukraine, Henry has been forced to reflect more deeply about what 40 years spent handling the human brain has taught him.
Moving between encounters with patients in his London hospital to those he treats in the more extreme circumstances of his work abroad, Henry faces up to the overwhelming 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 consequences of your decisions alter the lives not just of patients but also of those around them. The overpowering human urge to prolong life can often come at a great cost to those who are living it and to those who love them.
In this searing, provocative and deeply personal memoir, the best-selling author of Do No Harm finds new purpose in his own life as he approaches the end of his professional career and a fresh understanding of what matters to us all in the end.
Written and narrated by Dr. Henry Marsh.
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- Vicuña
- 13-08-17
Very opinionated and often arrogant
What made the experience of listening to Admissions the most enjoyable?
Hearing the author.
What other book might you compare Admissions to, and why?
His first book.
Have you listened to any of Henry Marsh’s other performances? How does this one compare?
Much the same, but I liked him less as a person after hearing this. Must be difficult to live with and work with, despite his varied talents, which I greatly admire.
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- Amazon Customer
- 11-06-17
Great book
Great book with meaningful start and end. Waivers a little in the middle in terms of meaning but is interesting nonetheless!
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- WECM
- 18-01-20
Fantastically honest
A wonderful and honest account of an extraordinary career. Humble, insightful and enthralling. I have already recommended it to others to listen.
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- Anonymous User
- 25-09-17
very interesting.
narrator excellent.
story intriguing.
flow of book a little disjointed at times, but overall concept okay.
worthwhile listen.
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- Samantha Pearce
- 15-08-17
2nd Attempt
I think Henry Marsh's first memoir is better, this is a bit scattergun. I would though living in the U.K. and NOT a fan of the NHS wished for a greater discussion of how a Surgeon's training & practice has changed during his lifetime as he is clearly seen much he dislikes.
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- Katherine
- 05-02-24
Excellent
I very much enjoyed listening to this book. Narrated by Henry Marsh himself made the experience even more special than the first one. Looking forward to listening to the third book.
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- Helena
- 07-12-18
Not as good as last book, running out of material?
Last book was great, this one takes detours into house renovations, parental careers and other things less relevant to brain surgery. It started to feel like he'd run out of cases to tell.
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- Tim
- 30-05-17
Outstanding
Another outstanding book from Henry Marsh. Very much enhanced by Henry reading it himself. Moving, engaging, self-effacing, insightful.
I cannot recommend this book highly enough.
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- Amazon Customer
- 16-01-24
deeply touching, honest, vulnerable
Written with deep compassion, addressing multi layered complexities, conflicts and hopes of mortals in the 21st century
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- Berkan Sesen
- 23-07-19
Not a brain surgery book
I have read Do No Harm with great interest and have bought this book expecting a similar storyline. While there are frequent references to medical cases, this is not Do No Harm. It is more like the memoirs, admissions and life lessons of a very interesting and wise individual who happens to have worked as a neurosurgeon. It is a pleasant read, but had it not been for the very successful forts book, this one would (probably deservedly) have gone unnoticed.
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