Stephen Westaby

Broschiertes Buch

The Knife's Edge

The Heart and Mind of a Cardiac Surgeon

Beschreibung

A TIMES BEST BOOK OF 2019 An intimate and compelling exploration into the unique psyche of the heart surgeon, by one of the professionâ s most eminent figures.

Autor

Steve Westaby is a celebrated world-famous heart surgeon who is renowned for being the first surgeon in history to fit a patient with a new type of artificial heart. During his 35 year career as a surgeon he worked at several of the UK's top hospitals and performed over 11,000 heart operations. He won The Midlander of the Year Award (2002) and a Ray C. Fish Award for Scientific Achievement (2004). In 2004 Steve Westaby was featured in the BBC documentary Your Life in Their Hands which is a long-running series on the subject of surgery.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: HarperCollins Publishers
• Seitenzahl: 336
• Erscheinungstermin: 6. Februar 2020
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 200mm x 131mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 238g
• ISBN-13: 9780008285791
• ISBN-10: 0008285799
• Artikelnr.: 58611836