Comfort Always: Healing in the Age of Technology

<B>A pediatric neurosurgeon's affecting memoir about celebrating life, postponing death, and resurrecting the forgotten art of healing.</B><BR><BR><b>Advance Praise for </b><b><i>Comfort Always</i></b><BR> <BR>';An inspirational medical memoir about the forgotten art of healing. <i>Comfort Always </i>will make you laugh, cry and marvel at the resilience of families facing the crisis of their lives.' <b>Sanjay Gupta, MD</b>, CNN chief medical correspondent<BR><BR> ';Extraordinary stories about one of the most demanding fields of medicineand much wisdom." <b>Dr. Henry Marsh, CBE</b>, FRCS British neurosurgeon and bestselling author of <i>Do No Harm: Stories of Life, Death and Brain Surgery</i><BR> <BR> ';A marvelous picture of the life of a pediatric neurosurgeon, his patients, and their families.' <b>Jerome Groopman, MD</b>, Recanati professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School and bestselling author of <i>How Doctors Think</i><BR> <BR> ';Cohen's stories describing both medical miracles and tragedies are so engaging, and his humanity shines through each one of them.' <b>David </b><b>Sandberg</b><b>, MD</b>, emeritus professor and chief of pediatric neurosurgery at McGovern Medical School and bestselling author of <i>Brain and Heart: The Triumphs and Struggles of a Pediatric Neurosurgeon</i><BR> <BR> ';With authenticity and humility, one of the country's most prominent surgeons opens a world that few have the fortitude to tread.' <b>Allan H. Ropper, MD</b>, professor of neurology at Harvard Medical School and bestselling author of <i>Reaching Down the Rabbit Hole and How the Brain Lost Its Mind</i><BR> <BR> ';Sprinkling each story with humor, history, and a deep reverence for his patients and their parents, Big Al allows us a glimpse into a lifetime of lifesaving, and the massive heart of a man who is a treasure in our field.' <b>Jay Wellons, MD</b>, professor of neurological surgery at Vanderbilt University and author of <i>All That Moves Us: A Pediatric Neurosurgeon, His Young Patients, and Their Stories of Grace and Resilience</i>

ISBN-13: 9798895656198