Open heart : a cardiac surgeon's stories of life and death on the operating table / Stephen Westaby.
Open heart : a cardiac surgeon's stories of life and death on the operating table / Stephen Westaby.
Open heart : a cardiac surgeon's stories of life and death on the operating table / Stephen Westaby.
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Publisher
New York : Basic Books, [2017]
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G 2017/5537
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Language
English
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Physical content
x, 287 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Content type
text
Media type
unmediated
Carrier type
volume
Contents
The ether dome -- Humble beginnings -- Lord Brock's boots -- Township boy -- The girl with no name -- The man with two hearts -- Saving Julie's heart -- The black banana -- Domino heart -- Life on a battery -- Anna's story -- Mr. Clark -- Adrenaline rush -- Despair -- Double jeopardy -- Your life in...
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Publisher
New York : Basic Books, [2017]
Place of Publication
New York (State)
Date Published
[2017]
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Summary
When Stephen Westaby witnessed a patient die on the table during an open heart surgery for the first time, he was struck by the quiet, determined way the surgeons walked away. As he soon understood, this detachment was a crucial survival strategy. In a profession where failure is literally a heartbeat away and the cost of that failure is death, how...
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Open heart : a cardiac surgeon's stories of life and death on the operating table / Stephen Westaby.
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Includes index.
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©2017
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G 2017/5537
Record Identifier
74VKVgyRAedl
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKVgyRAedl
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ISBN
9780465094837 (hardcover)
046509483X (hardcover)
DDC
617.412
MMS ID
991024148689202626
