Book · 2014 · Nervous system
Do No Harm
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And you know Henry Marsh um wrote an amazing book of few years ago called Do no harm where he really spent an entire book um each chapter going in um in quite detail to patients who he feels like he harmed during his career um you know Always setting out to do the best um but where the outcomes.
Why people recommend it
Do No Harm by Henry Marsh is a compelling memoir that offers a rare and brutally honest look into the emotional and professional realities of a brain surgeon's career. On the podcast EconTalk, host Russ Roberts discussed the publication during an episode titled What's Happening Inside Your Doctor's Head and Heart (with Adam Cifu), which was released on August 19, 2024. During the conversation, guest Adam Cifu mentioned the remarkable book, noting that the author wrote it several years ago. Adam Cifu explained that the memoir dedicates entire chapters to detailing specific patients the surgeon felt he had harmed over the course of his career, despite always setting out to achieve the best possible outcomes. The mention of the book highlighted the difficult and often agonizing reality of medical errors, illustrating how practitioners grapple with the heavy burdens and complicated emotional fallout when surgical interventions do not go according to plan.
Every mention
Adam Cifu and you know Henry Marsh um wrote an amazing book of few years ago called Do no harm where he really spent… 1
“and you know Henry Marsh um wrote an amazing book of few years ago called Do no harm where he really spent an entire book um each chapter going in um in quite detail to patients who he feels like he harmed during his career um you know Always setting out to do the best um but where the outcomes”
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“couple of new titles on the non-fiction list down at number 14 The Neurosurgeon Henry Marsh who was at the center of that documentary the English surgeon has a book called Do no harm new at number 14”