FRAGILE LIVES : a heart surgeon's stories of life and death on the operating table
β Scribed by WESTABY, STEPHEN
- Publisher
- [Place of publication not identified] HARPER
- Year
- 2018
- Tongue
- English
- Category
- Library
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β¦ Synopsis
xi, 340 pages : 20 cm
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An incredible memoir from one of the worldβs most eminent heart surgeons and some of the most remarkable and poignant cases heβs worked on. Grim Reaper sits on the heart surgeonβs shoulder. A slip of the hand and life ebbs away. The balance between life and death is so delicate, and the heart
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