Counting Backwards : A Doctor's Notes on Anesthesia

Przybylo, Henry Jay

ISBN 10: 0393254437 / ISBN 13: 9780393254433

Verlag: Norton & Company, Incorporated, W. W., 2017

Beschreibung

Ships from the UK. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in excellent condition. May show signs of wear or have minor defects.

Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 16246908-6

Bibliografische Details

• Titel: Counting Backwards : A Doctor's Notes on Anesthesia
• Verlag: Norton & Company, Incorporated, W. W.
• Erscheinungsjahr: 2017
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN-10: 0393254437
• ISBN-13: 9780393254433
• Einband: Hardcover
• Auflage: 1st Edition.
• Zustand: Very Good

Über diesen Titel

Inhaltsangabe

For many of the millions of people who undergo anaesthesia each year, it is the source of great fear and fascination. In Counting Backwards, anaesthetist Henry Jay Przybylo has written an unforgettable account of the routine procedure’s daily dramas and fundamental mysteries. Przybylo has administered anaesthesia more than 30,000 times on newborn babies, screaming toddlers and sullen teenagers, his own son and even a gorilla. With compassion and candour, he weaves his experiences into stories that explore the nature of consciousness, the politics of pain relief and the wonder of modern medicine. Through its intense and humane tales of mistakes, near-disasters, life-saving successes and moments of grace, Counting Backwards shines a light on a fascinating but unexplored corner of the medical world.

Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Henry Jay Przybylo, MD is an associate professor of anesthesiology at Northwestern University School of Medicine. He also holds an MFA in creative nonfiction from Goucher College. He lives in Chicago.