Admissions: A Life in Brain Surgery
- ISBN-10
- 1474603874
- ISBN-13
- 9781474603874
- Series
- Admissions
- Category
- Biography & Autobiography
- Pages
- 271
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2018
- Publisher
- Weidenfeld and Nicholson
- Author
- Henry Marsh
Description
Henry Marsh has spent four decades operating on the human brain. In this searing and provocative memoir, following his retirement from the NHS, he reflects on the experiences that have shaped his career and life, gaining a deeper understanding of what matters to us all in the end.
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