1), Complications: A Surgeon's Notes on an Imperfect Science, Do No Harm: Stories of Life, Death, and Brain Surgery, The Sublime Engine: A Biography of the Human Heart, Shapeshifters: A Doctor’s Notes on Medicine & Human Change (Wellcome Collection), "A sober and beautiful book about the landscape of the human body. Reviewed in the United States on March 27, 2016. Fascinating, Revealing, and Beautifully Written, Reviewed in the United Kingdom on February 29, 2016. Unable to add item to List. I enjoyed reading this book. Reviewed in the United Kingdom on June 28, 2015. Gavin Francis is an award-winning writer and doctor and a contributor to The Guardian, The New York Review of Books and London Review of Books. Book includes fascinating facts from medical history as if to compare what we think we know to what we used to think we knew. There was an error retrieving your Wish Lists. Adventures in Human Being, however, is the first book he has written in which medicine really takes centre stage, although traces of his love of geography aren’t hard to find. Just finished savoring and reflecting on the book, Adventures in Human Being. This shopping feature will continue to load items when the Enter key is pressed. Rather than in-depth, detailed discussions of anatomy made more interesting with asides, this book is more long-winded detour and less focused. To calculate the overall star rating and percentage breakdown by star, we don’t use a simple average. I purchased this book after listening to the author, Gavin Francis talking on the radio about his neurological cases. There's a problem loading this menu right now. "Adventures in Human Being, with its deft mix of the clinical and the lyrical, is a triumph of the eloquent brain and the compassionate heart." What I enjoyed was the minimal amount of technical terms and his down to earth approach to describing interesting cases and the variety of his cases. In other hands, Adventures in Human Being might well have become cluttered with cliché, detail or sentimentality but Francis has a lightness of touch that helps him avoid these pitfalls. "Adventures in Human Being, with its deft mix of the clinical and the lyrical, is a triumph of the eloquent brain and the compassionate heart." Starting at the head and working his way down to the feet, Gavin Francis visits different locales in the body such as the brain, the heart, the kidney, and the hip. Reviewed in the United States on August 17, 2016. I am an anatomy professor at a US medical school and purchased this book hoping to find material I could use in class - anything from an entertaining anecdote to more extensive passages I could assign to my students. Just finished savoring and reflecting on the book, Adventures in Human Being. My Human Biology teacher used this book as his "textbook" for our class. My Human Biology teacher used this book as his "textbook" for our class. There was a problem loading your book clubs. Please try again. Not Enough On Anatomy and Medical Practice, Too Much on Other Stuff, Reviewed in the United States on July 16, 2016. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. Drawing on his own experiences as a doctor and GP, he blends firsthand case studies with reflections on the way the body has been imagined and portrayed over the millennia. Five stars to the author for frank discussion and introspective musings on the human body and it's frailty and beauty, as well as it's power and ugliness. Basic Books; 1st edition (October 25, 2016). Goals: How to Get the Most Out of Your Life, Complications: A Surgeon's Notes on an Imperfect Science, The Man Who Mistook His Wife For A Hat: And Other Clinical Tales, Empire Antarctica: Ice, Silence and Emperor Penguins. " Adventures in Human Being , with its deft mix of the clinical and the lyrical, is a triumph of the eloquent brain and the compassionate heart." Rather it drills deep on specific subjects, but with humor and readability. Inspire a love of reading with Amazon Book Box for Kids, Previous page of related Sponsored Products, " This book is a must-have for all nursing and medical students looking to broaden or refreshen their skills of understanding human pathophysiology. There was an error retrieving your Wish Lists. has been added to your Cart. Brief content visible, double tap to read full content. Human Being Adventures. . ISBN 9781781253427 I suspect I am not the target audience for this book, and would not warn an interested person away from it, but if you are looking for more muscle and less flab, then pass this one over. I appreciated many dimensions of this work, most particularly the primary medical and anatomical “melody” complemented by multiple “harmonies” that encompassed human custom, linguistics, history, and archaeology, as well as philosophy, poetry, and psychology. ", "[Francis] offers an unusually upbeat medical perspective.... His essays form a kind of anatomical atlas in which Francis proceeds from head to toe, stopping along the way to explore the lungs, genitalia, liver, and other organs. There's a problem loading this menu right now. While the book examines specific issues pertaining to the body part under consideration, it gives the layman reader the necessary background to comprehend even the most complex topics, often through interesting factoids. Adventures in Human Being (UK & USA 2015) *Winner of Saltire Non-Fiction Book of the Year* *Winner BMA Book Awards - Category: Basis of Medicine* *Economist Books of the Year 2015* *Sunday Times Books of the Year 2015* *Sunday Herald Books of the Year 2015* It's a short story style with each part of the body. ", "[A] brilliantly original and highly engaging book that takes you on a journey that is both familiar and unfamiliar, a book that marries both the physical and metaphysical with such imaginative wit and eloquence. Reviewed in the United Kingdom on May 2, 2019. Having heard excerpts from the book on the radio, I bought a copy. It made the class so much more interesting! If you're a seller, Fulfillment by Amazon can help you grow your business. In Adventures in Human Being, Gavin Francis leads the reader on a journey through health and illness, offering insights on everything from the ribbed surface of the brain to the secret workings of the heart and the womb; from the pulse of life at the wrist to the unique engineering of the foot. Reviewed in the United Kingdom on March 12, 2019. I was disappointed in this book, given its fascinating topic and the excellent reviews that it received. I was disappointed in this book, given its fascinating topic and the excellent reviews that it received. One physician's approach to continuing academic medicine in his practice. What could be more interesting? Then you can start reading Kindle books on your smartphone, tablet, or computer - no Kindle device required. These days in the US, how many of us physicians have time or inclination to be so curious and thoughtful, never mind showing empathy for our patinients? 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