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Life on a Knifes Edge: A Brain Surgeons Reflections on Life, Loss and Survival

English

By (author): Dr Rahul Jandial

'It's a brilliant book... There are lessons in every paragraph... Get it now.' Chris Evans

'Wonderous and wild. I loved this book'
James Nestor, bestselling author of Breath

'Moving, raw and unflinching' Julia Samuel, bestselling author of This Too Shall Pass

'Incredible storytelling' Dr Rangan Chatterjee, bestselling author of Feel Better in 5
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How do you carry on when things go deadly wrong?


When Dr Rahul Jandial operated on Karina, an eleven-year-old girl whose spinal cord was splitting in two, he had to make an impossible decision. He followed his head over his gut and Karina was left permanently paralysed, altering both patient and surgeon's lives for ever. This decision would haunt Rahul for decades, a constant reminder of the fine line between saving and damaging a life.

As one of the world's leading brain surgeons, Rahul is the last hope for patients with extreme forms of cancer. In treating them, he has observed humanity at its most raw and most robust. He has journeyed to unimaginable extremes with them, guiding them through the darkest moments of their lives.

Life on a Knife's Edge is Rahul's poetic and beautifully written account of the resilience, courage and belief he has witnessed in his patients, and the lessons about human nature he has learned from them. It is about the impossible choices he has to make, and the fateful consequences he is forced to live with.

From challenging the ethics of surgical practices, to helping a patient with locked-in syndrome communicate her dying wish to her family, Rahul shares his extraordinary experiences, revealing the depths of a surgeon's psyche that is continuously pushed to its limits.

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Product Details
  • Weight: 346g
  • Dimensions: 144 x 222mm
  • Publication Date: 03 Jun 2021
  • Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
  • Publication City/Country: United Kingdom
  • Language: English
  • ISBN13: 9780241461822

About Dr Rahul Jandial

Dr Rahul Jandial MD PhD is a dual-trained neurosurgeon and neurobiologist. He is known for undertaking complex cancer operations and overseeing groundbreaking science at the Jandial Lab in Los Angeles. Through his non-profit International Neurosurgical Children's Association (INCA) he travels around the world performing and teaching brain surgery in under-served hospitals in Central and South America south-east Asia and eastern Europe. Many first came to know him from his columns in Vice and his appearances on American news shows and international channels including Discovery and National Geographic among others. He is the author of two books Life Lessons from a Brain Surgeon (which became a Sunday Times bestseller) and Life on a Knife's Edge.

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