Chronicling the bewildering transition from doctor to patient that the former brain surgeon and author of Do No Harm experienced upon his cancer diagnosis, And Finally is a masterful meditation on mortality and the importance of a life well lived.
As a retired brain surgeon, Henry Marsh thought he understood illness, but even he was unprepared for the impact of his diagnosis of advanced cancer. In And Finally, he navigates the bewildering transition from doctor to patient. As the days pass, his mind turns to his career, to the people and places he has known, and to creative projects still to be completed.
Yet he is also more entranced than ever by the mysteries of science and nature, by his love for his family, and - most of all - by what it is to be alive.
Publisher: Vintage Publishing
ISBN: 9781784709365
Number of pages: 240
Weight: 170 g
Dimensions: 198 x 129 x 15 mm
Henry Marsh may have retired from medicine but let's hope he keeps producing books as good as this one, which enthral as well as teach. - Observer
[And Finally] is unexpectedly fun, and the author is pretty much irresistibly likeable... diagnoses and remissions are described with wonderful candour... [and Marsh's] discussion of end-of-life care and assisted dying is the best essay I have read on the subject. - Guardian
[Marsh is] deeply reflective, the result is a bit like sitting in the pub with the smartest person you know. - Spectator
Beautifully written... A thoughtful journey into his experience as a doctor-turned-patient, enlivened with a wonderful black humour and a gimlet eye for comforting nonsense... One couldn't wish for a better guide. - Steven Poole, Daily Telegraph, 5 stars
His dignified introspection is a joy. - Clare Chambers, author of SMALL PLEASURES
Henry Marsh is now a retired neurosurgeon. He has previously written books on being a brain surgeon and how doctors behave. I for one found "Do No Harm" an excellent read. Retired he is diagnosed with... More
Henry Marsh is an amazing individual. I enjoyed First Do No Harm which was a brutally honest account of his life. He acknowledged his arrogance and errors, but through that shone a compassionate and caring human... More
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