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A review by tomeswithtea
Admissions: Life as a Brain Surgeon by Henry Marsh
4.0
This review can also be found on my blog: www.tomeswithtea.blog
Following the publication of Do No Harm, Dr. Henry Marsh retired from his position at a hospital in London. But his career continued, taking him to remote hospitals in places such as Nepal and Pakistan, where he offers his services as surgeon and teacher to those in need. Now, Marsh considers the challenges of working in those difficult conditions, alongside the challenges of putting a career of fifty years behind you and finding further purpose in life and work. In Admissions, Marsh offers a thoughtful, perceptive consideration of medicine and the pursuit of a meaningful life that will appeal to readers of Atul Gawande, Jerome Groopman, and Oliver Sacks.
After reading Do No Harm I immediately dived into Admissions. I needed more. And while I didn’t love Admissions as much as Do No Harm, it is still a really great book. Admissions is set out differently from Marsh’s first book in the sense that the chapters follow his life and his travels, rather than particular brain conditions. My favourite chapter in this books is Ukraine, where he talks about the work that he undertook while in post-soviet Kiev. This for me was both heart-wrenching and inspiring. It inspires to do more, to be better. I gave Admissions 4/5
Following the publication of Do No Harm, Dr. Henry Marsh retired from his position at a hospital in London. But his career continued, taking him to remote hospitals in places such as Nepal and Pakistan, where he offers his services as surgeon and teacher to those in need. Now, Marsh considers the challenges of working in those difficult conditions, alongside the challenges of putting a career of fifty years behind you and finding further purpose in life and work. In Admissions, Marsh offers a thoughtful, perceptive consideration of medicine and the pursuit of a meaningful life that will appeal to readers of Atul Gawande, Jerome Groopman, and Oliver Sacks.
After reading Do No Harm I immediately dived into Admissions. I needed more. And while I didn’t love Admissions as much as Do No Harm, it is still a really great book. Admissions is set out differently from Marsh’s first book in the sense that the chapters follow his life and his travels, rather than particular brain conditions. My favourite chapter in this books is Ukraine, where he talks about the work that he undertook while in post-soviet Kiev. This for me was both heart-wrenching and inspiring. It inspires to do more, to be better. I gave Admissions 4/5