在外人眼中，心外科医生是神秘且强悍的人物，他与死神争夺生命控制权，是容不得同事犯错的严厉“大boss”，在医院里横着走了一辈子。但其实，他也曾内向瑟缩，也曾因自己的操作粗心坑惨队友，会因抢救稚童、老友的失败而心如刀绞；也要为了突发的抢救而忍痛抛下过生日的女儿、生产的妻子，甚至还会在自己接受小小的窥镜治疗时提心吊胆。他也和普通人一样有喜怒哀乐，有得意和悔恨，有长处和弱点……有危急关头的挺身而出和当仁不让的坚决意志。历史就是由这样一个个的人创造的。
虽然心外科医生似乎拥有着神秘的力量,能开胸换血、起死回生,但他们也是活生生的人,同样经历着最核心的情感——大部分时候。一次奇怪的运动事故,让斯蒂芬·韦斯塔比奇迹般地成为了全球顶级的心外科医生之一。
这是一本让我们窥见心外科医生内心世界与生命真谛的书,它将带您踏上一次与生与死的非凡之旅。无论您是否在医学领域,这都将是一本值得阅读并推荐的佳作。
An intimate and compelling exploration into the unique psyche of the heart surgeon, by one of the profession’s most eminent figures.
Although Professor Stephen Westaby was born with the necessary coordination and manual dexterity, it was a head trauma sustained during university that gifted him the qualities of an exceptional heart surgeon: qualities that are frequently associated with psychopathy. His thirty-five-year career has been characterised by fearlessness and ruthless ambition; leaving empathy at the hospital door as thousands of patients put their lives in his hands.
For heart surgeons, the inevitable cost of failure is death and in The Knife’s Edge, Westaby reflects on the unique mindset of those who are drawn to this exhilarating and often tragic profession. We discover the pioneers who grasped opportunities and took chances to drive innovation and save lives. Often difficult, uninhibited and fearless, theirs is a field constantly threatened by the risk of public failure.
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