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[Marsh] claims that \"handling the brain tells you nothing about life - other than to be dismayed by its fragility\", yet few memoirs have more sagacity. \u003ci\u003eAdmissions\u003c\/i\u003e forces the reader to confront death, why we fear it and why we cling on -- Rosamund Urwin * INDEPENDENT i paper *\u003cbr\u003eWonderful...eloquent...a testament to the tenacity  of the human spirit -- Adrian Woolfson * FINANCIAL TIMES *\u003cbr\u003eMarsh is now almost as celebrated a writer as he is a brain surgeon. This, a sequel to his best-selling memoir \u003ci\u003eDo No Harm\u003c\/i\u003e, is a frank and provocative meditation on failures in living and dying as he approaches the end of his career in medicine * MAIL ON SUNDAY Summer Books *\u003cbr\u003eHenry Marsh's \u003ci\u003eDo No Harm\u003c\/i\u003e was an award-winning and revelatory look at the daily dilemmas of being a neurosurgeon. 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It’s wonderful -- Jonathan Ross\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSo clinically funny and politically important for supporters of the NHS that it should be given out on prescription\u003c\/b\u003e * Guardian *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePainfully funny.\u003c\/b\u003e The pain and the funniness somehow add up to something entirely good, entirely noble and entirely loveable. -- Stephen Fry\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFinally a true picture of the harrowing, hilarious and ultimately chaotic life of the junior doctor\u003c\/b\u003e in all its gory glory, dark comedy and unavoidable sadness. A blisteringly funny account shot through with harrowing detail, many pertinent truths and the humanity we all hope doctors conceal behind their unflappable exteriors -- Jo Brand\u003cbr\u003eAs \u003cb\u003ehilarious \u003c\/b\u003eas it is heartbreaking – and it IS heartbreaking (also hilarious) -- Charlie Brooker\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBlisteringly funny\u003c\/b\u003e, politically enraging and often heartbreaking . . . hilarious . . . brimming not just with humour but with humanity . . . This should be a wake-up call to all who value the NHS -- Hannah Beckerman * Sunday Express *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA funny, excoriatingly revealing, beautiful book\u003c\/b\u003e -- Dawn French\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eHorrifyingly hilarious and hilariously horrifying\u003c\/b\u003e -- Danny Wallace\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA ferociously funny book\u003c\/b\u003e -- Mark Watson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSuperb\u003c\/b\u003e -- Pam Ayres\u003cbr\u003eAs a hypochondriac I was worried about reading Adam Kay’s book. Luckily it’s \u003cb\u003eincredibly funny\u003c\/b\u003e – so funny, in fact, that it gave me a hernia from laughing -- Joe Lycett\u003cbr\u003eBy turns witty, gruesome, alarming, and touching. \u003cb\u003eAlways illuminating and searingly honest\u003c\/b\u003e -- Jonathan Dimbleby\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBrilliant\u003c\/b\u003e -- Mark Haddon\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction - i: Introduction Chapter - 1: House Officer Chapter - 2: Senior House Officer Post 1 Chapter - 3: Senior House Officer Post 2 Chapter - 4: Senior House Officer Post 3 Chapter - 5: Registrar Post 1 Chapter - 6: Registrar Post 2 Chapter - 7: Registrar Post 3 Chapter - 8: Registrar Post 4 Chapter - 9: Senior Registrar Chapter - 10: Aftermath Section - ii: An Open Letter to the  Secretary of State for Health Acknowledgements - iii: Acknowledgements","brand":"Pan Macmillan","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48740104962391,"sku":"9781529062335","price":9.49,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781529062335.jpg?v=1720053889"}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/collections\/autobiography-science-technology-and-medicine.oembed?page=4","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}