When the Air Hits Your Brain: Tales of Neurosurgery, (Paperback)

from EmreSevinc

Dr. Vertosick provides a very lively and personal account of his neurosurgery career. He has a very good sense of humour, while trying to correct some TV-induced wrong assumptions about the medical field he doesn't hesitate to talk about how he received some little but critical help from a patien...

from Scrabblenut

This is an excellent collection of medical stories from the author's years of training to be a neurosurgeon. They are told with extreme compassion, and include his private doubts about whether this was the right career for him, even after all the time and effort spent to attain his goals.

from EmreSevinc

Dr. Vertosick provides a very lively and personal account of his neurosurgery career. He has a very good sense of humour, while trying to correct some TV-induced wrong assumptions about the medical field he doesn't hesitate to talk about how he received some little but critical help from a patien...

from AdrianSamuels

My post-surgery review meeting (for 2 craniotomies), was with Mark Wilson, my Specialist Registrar. He recommended this book to me. I purposely held off getting the book as I knew some of the content was going to be difficult for me to cope with. After a couple of months of the title sitting on m...

from AdrianSamuels

My post-surgery review meeting (for 2 craniotomies), was with Mark Wilson, my Specialist Registrar. He recommended this book to me. I purposely held off getting the book as I knew some of the content was going to be difficult for me to cope with. After a couple of months of the title sitting on m...