Open Heart: A Patient's Story of Life-Saving Medicine and Life-Giving Friendship
- Publisher
- Dzanc Books
- Year
- 2003
- Category
- Fiction
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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
xi, 340 pages : 20 cm
<p><b>Too many Americans die each year as a result of preventable medical error—mistakes, complications, and misdiagnoses. And many more of us are not receiving the best care possible, even though it’s readily available and we’re entitled to it. The key is knowing how to access it.
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 heartbe