In neurosurgery more than in any other branch of medicine the doctors oath to do no harm holds a bitter irony operations on the brain carry grave risks every day leading neurosurgeon henry marsh must make agonizing decisions often in the face of great urgency and uncertainty. Do no harm offers an unforgettable insight into the highs and lows of a life dedicated to operating on the human brain in all its exquisite complexity with astonishing candour and compassion henry marsh reveals the exhilarating drama of surgery the chaos and confusion of a busy modern hospital and above all the need for hope when faced with lifes most agonising decisions. Do no harm is all about neurosurgeon henry marsh his patients their outcomes and how the british health care system would frequently get in the way the book also came off as disjointed in that it really to me didnt follow a specific path instead meandering through mr marshs patients and cases. Henry marsh do no harm stories of life death and brain surgery through reading this book i also realised that patients family members and loved ones bear the brunt of emotional agony while individual faces tend to fade over time in the memory of doctors as they are inundated with new cases to the patients closest kin the damage is irreversible and the emotional baggage remains forever