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A review by bri_noyes1
Open Heart: A Cardiac Surgeon's Stories of Life and Death on the Operating Table by Stephen Westaby
5.0
5 ⭐️
This was one of the most amazing and impactful books I’ve ever read. Dr. Westaby’s career as a Cardiac Surgeon began as the research and technology in this field began exploding and he was, to a great extent, a major player in this. I was grateful for his commentary about a doctors delicate balance in becoming too emotionally invested in their patients. I also appreciated his commentary on the obstacles doctors now face in the growing bureaucracy that is now the medical field- that this mentality limits future doctors from become similarly great pioneers as the first cardiac surgeons.
Our son was born with a condition which required him to be on ECMO-a form of cardiac and pulmonary life support. I’m so grateful for the research and the fortitude of so many of these surgeons that allowed us to have the technology we needed to save our son.
Also- the Audiobook is amazing and is under the name “Open Heart” by the same Author.
This was one of the most amazing and impactful books I’ve ever read. Dr. Westaby’s career as a Cardiac Surgeon began as the research and technology in this field began exploding and he was, to a great extent, a major player in this. I was grateful for his commentary about a doctors delicate balance in becoming too emotionally invested in their patients. I also appreciated his commentary on the obstacles doctors now face in the growing bureaucracy that is now the medical field- that this mentality limits future doctors from become similarly great pioneers as the first cardiac surgeons.
Our son was born with a condition which required him to be on ECMO-a form of cardiac and pulmonary life support. I’m so grateful for the research and the fortitude of so many of these surgeons that allowed us to have the technology we needed to save our son.
Also- the Audiobook is amazing and is under the name “Open Heart” by the same Author.