--- product_id: 48754974 title: "Admissions: A Life in Brain Surgery" price: "320 kr" currency: DKK in_stock: true reviews_count: 9 url: https://www.desertcart.dk/products/48754974-admissions-a-life-in-brain-surgery store_origin: DK region: Denmark --- # Admissions: A Life in Brain Surgery **Price:** 320 kr **Availability:** ✅ In Stock ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** Admissions: A Life in Brain Surgery - **How much does it cost?** 320 kr with free shipping - **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.dk](https://www.desertcart.dk/products/48754974-admissions-a-life-in-brain-surgery) ## Best For - Customers looking for quality international products ## Why This Product - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Description Renowned neurosurgeon Henry Marsh reflects on 40 years of brain surgery in this moving memoir, offering a candid look at the burdens and rewards of this demanding field. Review: Frank, brutally honest, yet totally captivating. - Writing as someone who has been operated on by Mr Marsh nearly 30 years ago, and to whom I am eternally grateful. If you were looking for a book full of happy endings of successful treatments and satisfied patients then don't read this book (although I am sure there will be hundreds/thousands of such cases). This is candidly and brutally honest about his own shortcomings, as well as of the healthcare systems he was part of. There are many regrets, failed relationships both personal and professional. The stories are all still very interesting, and full of lessons to be learned, even if sometimes that lesson is too late for some. Considering also what we know now about Mr Marsh's condition (spoiler alert - see his latest book), some of this book is remarkably prescient, even in the very first sentence talking about his "suicide kit", and ending with his thoughts on the balance of ongoing treatment versus being able to "ease the suffering" as it's euphemistically put. All that aside, it's still very engaging, interesting, and fascinating to hear the thoughts, warts and all, of a long and very distinguished career. Review: An interesting insight into the career of a surgeon and the approach of the end of life - This is an interesting further account of Henry Marsh's career. This book is more reflective than Do No Harm, as he comes to terms with advancing age and his eventual death. I enjoy his wry humour, his ability to criticize himself and his honesty about when things go wrong, or he gets them wrong. He comes across as a very human man, and not all surgeons manage that along with the ability to operate on people. Clearly he has agonized over some decisions and their outcomes. Well worth reading. ## Technical Specifications | Specification | Value | |---------------|-------| | Best Sellers Rank | 781,720 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) 87 in Surgery (Books) 3,952 in Medicine & Nursing | | Customer reviews | 4.4 4.4 out of 5 stars (3,772) | | Dimensions | 14.4 x 2.8 x 21.5 cm | | ISBN-10 | 1474603866 | | ISBN-13 | 978-1474603867 | | Item weight | 424 g | | Language | English | | Print length | 288 pages | | Publication date | 4 May 2017 | | Publisher | Weidenfeld & Nicolson | ## Images ![Admissions: A Life in Brain Surgery - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/61FHxHZPyJL.jpg) ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Frank, brutally honest, yet totally captivating. *by B***. on 10 December 2022* Writing as someone who has been operated on by Mr Marsh nearly 30 years ago, and to whom I am eternally grateful. If you were looking for a book full of happy endings of successful treatments and satisfied patients then don't read this book (although I am sure there will be hundreds/thousands of such cases). This is candidly and brutally honest about his own shortcomings, as well as of the healthcare systems he was part of. There are many regrets, failed relationships both personal and professional. The stories are all still very interesting, and full of lessons to be learned, even if sometimes that lesson is too late for some. Considering also what we know now about Mr Marsh's condition (spoiler alert - see his latest book), some of this book is remarkably prescient, even in the very first sentence talking about his "suicide kit", and ending with his thoughts on the balance of ongoing treatment versus being able to "ease the suffering" as it's euphemistically put. All that aside, it's still very engaging, interesting, and fascinating to hear the thoughts, warts and all, of a long and very distinguished career. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ An interesting insight into the career of a surgeon and the approach of the end of life *by M***S on 21 May 2017* This is an interesting further account of Henry Marsh's career. This book is more reflective than Do No Harm, as he comes to terms with advancing age and his eventual death. I enjoy his wry humour, his ability to criticize himself and his honesty about when things go wrong, or he gets them wrong. He comes across as a very human man, and not all surgeons manage that along with the ability to operate on people. Clearly he has agonized over some decisions and their outcomes. Well worth reading. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ The meaning of life? *by J***G on 10 April 2019* Truly wonderful book. And very different to his first which was an insightful and fascinating insight into medicine and neurosurgery from the perspective of an expert. Rather than “more of the same” this is very different. Didn’t grip me at first. But as I got into it started to appreciate it was more the story of a life, perspectives on medicine, the NHS, and how our lives and culture compares to this places as distant in miles and outlook as Nepal and Ukraine. At times gentle. At times rather deep. I found reading (and listening as the audio book narrated by the author was rather wonderful) to the views of a gentleman towards the latter end of his career and life reflecting not just on what he had learned professionally, but also personally, warm, comforting and genuinely thought provoking. “I wish I were a sea squirt, If life became a strain, I’d veg out on the nearest rock And reabsorb my brain” “75% of our lifetime medical costs will be incurred within the last 6 months of our life incurring expenses against the statisticians odds and inflicting a cost on society” “I am a neurosurgeon. I know that everything I am, everything I think and feel, consciously or unconsciously, is the electrochemical activity of my billions of brain cells, joined together with a near-infinite number of synapses (or however many of them are left as I get older). When my brain dies, ‘I’ will die. ‘I’ am a transient electrochemical dance, made of myriad bits of information; and information, as the physicists tell us, is physical. What those myriad pieces of information, disassembled, will recombine to form after my death, there is no way of knowing. I had once hoped it would be oak leaves and wood.” --- ## Why Shop on Desertcart? - 🛒 **Trusted by 1.3+ Million Shoppers** — Serving international shoppers since 2016 - 🌍 **Shop Globally** — Access 737+ million products across 21 categories - 💰 **No Hidden Fees** — All customs, duties, and taxes included in the price - 🔄 **15-Day Free Returns** — Hassle-free returns (30 days for PRO members) - 🔒 **Secure Payments** — Trusted payment options with buyer protection - ⭐ **TrustPilot Rated 4.5/5** — Based on 8,000+ happy customer reviews **Shop now:** [https://www.desertcart.dk/products/48754974-admissions-a-life-in-brain-surgery](https://www.desertcart.dk/products/48754974-admissions-a-life-in-brain-surgery) --- *Product available on Desertcart Denmark* *Store origin: DK* *Last updated: 2026-04-22*