The Angina monologues : stories of surgery for broken hearts / Samer Nashef.
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TextPublisher: Melbourne, Victoria : Scribe Publications, 2019Copyright date: ©2019Description: 275 pages ; 22 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781925713817 (pbk.); 1911617788; 9781911617785Subject(s): Nashef, Samer A. M. -- Anecdotes | Heart surgeons -- Anecdotes | Heart -- Surgery -- AnecdotesDDC classification: 617.412092 Summary: The Angina Monologues speeds from the transporting of a donor's heart up the motorway hard shoulder, to cautionary stories of excessive intervention gone awry in US hospitals, to a traumatic trip to bring advanced cardiac surgery to the Palestinian West Bank. Nashef tells heart-stopping stories of transplants, bypasses, coronary artery repair, and cardiac arrest. He also delivers humane advice about medical realities rarely observed- the futility of obsessing over diet, the necessity of calculating risks, the role of decision making, the resilience of doctor and patient alike, and the threadbare brilliance of the NHS.
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| wnor- Book | Northam Northam Adult Nonfiction | 617.412 NAS (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 31111076474814 |
The Angina Monologues speeds from the transporting of a donor's heart up the motorway hard shoulder, to cautionary stories of excessive intervention gone awry in US hospitals, to a traumatic trip to bring advanced cardiac surgery to the Palestinian West Bank. Nashef tells heart-stopping stories of transplants, bypasses, coronary artery repair, and cardiac arrest. He also delivers humane advice about medical realities rarely observed- the futility of obsessing over diet, the necessity of calculating risks, the role of decision making, the resilience of doctor and patient alike, and the threadbare brilliance of the NHS.
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