Open heart : a cardiac surgeon's stories of life and death on the operating table
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New York : Basic Books, [2017].
ISBN
046509483X, 9780465094837 (hardcover)
Physical Desc
x, 287 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
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Adult Biography (3rd floor)
NF 617.412 WESTABY 2017
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Published
New York : Basic Books, [2017].
Format
Book
Language
English
ISBN
046509483X, 9780465094837 (hardcover)

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Includes index.
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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 heartbeat away and the cost of that failure is death, how else could he live with the consequences of his performance? In Open Heart, Westaby reflects on over 11,000 surgeries, showing us why the procedures have never become routine and will never be. With astonishing compassion and candor, Dr. Westaby recounts the fraught and alarming stories from his operating room: we meet a pulseless man who lives with an electric heart pump, an expecting mother who refuses surgery unless the doctors let her pregnancy reach full term, and a baby who gets a transplanted heart-only to die once it's in place.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

Westaby, S. (2017). Open heart: a cardiac surgeon's stories of life and death on the operating table . Basic Books.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Westaby, Stephen. 2017. Open Heart: A Cardiac Surgeon's Stories of Life and Death On the Operating Table. Basic Books.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Westaby, Stephen. Open Heart: A Cardiac Surgeon's Stories of Life and Death On the Operating Table Basic Books, 2017.

MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)

Westaby, Stephen. Open Heart: A Cardiac Surgeon's Stories of Life and Death On the Operating Table Basic Books, 2017.

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