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Stephen Westaby


Born
July 27, 1948

Genre
Nonfiction


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Average rating: 4.33 · 7,090 ratings · 692 reviews · 21 distinct works • Similar authors
Fragile Lives: A Heart Surg...
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Surgery For Acquired Aortic...
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Trauma: Pathogenesis and Tr...
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“Sleep deprivation is what underpins the psychopathy of the surgical mind. Immunity to stress, an ability to take risks, the loss of empathy. Bit by bit, I was being inducted into that exclusive club.”
― Stephen Westaby, Open Heart: A Cardiac Surgeon's Stories of Life and Death on the Operating Table
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“Sleep deprivation underpins the psychopathy of the surgical mind – immunity to stress, an ability to take risks, the loss of empathy. Bit by bit I was joining that exclusive club.”
― Stephen Westaby, Fragile Lives: A Heart Surgeon’s Stories of Life and Death on the Operating Table
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“Bury the blame-and-shame culture and give us the tools to do the job!”
― Stephen Westaby, Open Heart: A Cardiac Surgeon's Stories of Life and Death on the Operating Table
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