Sandeep Jauhar

a history

Heart

‘Jauhar weaves his own personal and family story into his history of the heart…very effectively… This gives a certain dramatic tension to the book, as it tells the fascinating and rather wonderful history of cardiology.’ –Henry Marsh, New Statesman A Mail on Sunday Book of the Year The heart lies at the centre of life. For cardiologist Sandeep Jauhar it is an obsession. In this fascinating history he interweaves gripping scenes from the operating theatre with the moving tale of his family’s history of heart problems – from the death of his grandfather to the ominous signs of how he himself might die. Jauhar looks at the pioneers who risked patients’ lives and their own careers, and confronts the limits of medical technology, arguing that how we live is more important than any device or drug we may invent. Heart is the all-encompassing story of the engine of life.

Shortlisted for the Wellcome Book Prize 2019

Heart: A History

"A memoir-expose of the health-care system by a cardiologist and much-praised author"--Provided by publisher.

Doctored: The Disillusionment of an American Physician

A Memoir of Life in the Shadow of Alzheimer's

My Father's Brain

Intern is Sandeep Jauhar's story of his days and nights in residency at a busy hospital in New York City, a trial that led him to question our every assumption about medical care today. Residency--and especially the first year, called internship--is legendary for its brutality. Working eighty hours or more per week, most new doctors spend their first year asking themselves why they wanted to be doctors in the first place. Jauhar's internship was even more harrowing than most: he switched from physics to medicine in order to follow a more humane calling--only to find that medicine put patients' concerns last. He struggled to find a place among squadrons of cocky residents and doctors. He challenged the practices of the internship in The New York Times, attracting the suspicions of the medical bureaucracy. Then, suddenly stricken, he became a patient himself--and came to see that today's high-tech, high-pressure medicine can be a humane science after all. Now a thriving cardiologist, Jauhar has all the qualities you'd want in your own doctor: expertise, insight, a feel for the human factor, a sense of humor, and a keen awareness of the worries that we all have in common. His beautifully written memoir explains the inner workings of modern medicine with rare candor and insight.

A Doctor's Initiation

Intern

The spark of life, fount of emotion, house of the soul--the heart lies at the centre of every facet of our existence. It's so bound up in our deepest feelings that it can physically change shape when we experience emotional trauma. For centuries, the human heart seemed beyond our understanding: an inscrutable shuddering mass that was somehow the driver of emotion and the seat of the soul. As the cardiologist and bestselling author Sandeep Jauhar shows in Heart: A History, it was only recently that we demolished age-old taboos and devised the transformative procedures that have changed the way we live. Deftly alternating between key historical episodes and his own work, combining his family's own moving history of heart disease with gripping scenes from the operating theatre, Jauhar tells the colourful and little-known story of the doctors who risked their careers and the patients who risked their lives to know and heal our most vital organ. He introduces us to Daniel Hale Williams, the African American doctor who performed the world's first open heart surgery in Gilded Age Chicago. We meet C. Walton Lillehei, who connected a patient's circulatory system to a healthy donor's, paving the way for the heart-lung machine. And we encounter Wilson Greatbatch, who saved millions by inventing the pacemaker?by accident. Jauhar deftly braids these tales of discovery, hubris, and sorrow with moving accounts of his family's history of heart ailments and the patients he's treated over many years. He also confronts the limits of medical technology, arguing that future progress will depend more on how we choose to live than on the devices we invent. Affecting, engaging, and beautifully written, Heart: A History takes the full measure of the only organ that can move itself.

A History

Intern is Sandeep Jauhar's story of his days and nights in residency at a busy hospital in New York City, a trial that led him to question our every assumption about medical care today. Residency—and especially the first year, called internship—is legendary for its brutality. Working eighty hours or more per week, most new doctors spend their first year asking themselves why they wanted to be doctors in the first place. Jauhar's internship was even more harrowing than most: he switched from physics to medicine in order to follow a more humane calling—only to find that medicine put patients' concerns last. He struggled to find a place among squadrons of cocky residents and doctors. He challenged the practices of the internship in The New York Times, attracting the suspicions of the medical bureaucracy. Then, suddenly stricken, he became a patient himself—and came to see that today's high-tech, high-pressure medicine can be a humane science after all. Now a thriving cardiologist, Jauhar has all the qualities you'd want in your own doctor: expertise, insight, a feel for the human factor, a sense of humor, and a keen awareness of the worries that we all have in common. His beautifully written memoir explains the inner workings of modern medicine with rare candor and insight.

In his acclaimed memoir Intern, Sandeep Jauhar chronicled the formative years of his residency at a prestigious New York City hospital. Doctored, his harrowing follow-up, observes the crisis of American medicine through the eyes of an attending cardiologist. Hoping for the stability he needs to start a family, Jauhar accepts a position at a massive teaching hospital on the outskirts of Queens. With a decade's worth of elite medical training behind him, he is eager to settle down and reap the rewards of countless sleepless nights. Instead, he is confronted with sobering truths. Doctors' morale is low and getting lower. Blatant cronyism determines patient referrals, corporate ties distort medical decisions, and unnecessary tests are routinely performed in order to generate income. Meanwhile, a single patient in Jauhar's hospital might see fifteen specialists in one stay and still fail to receive a full picture of his actual condition. Provoked by his unsettling experiences, Jauhar has written an introspective memoir that is also an impassioned plea for reform. With American medicine at a crossroads, Doctored is the important work of a writer unafraid to challenge the establishment and incite controversy.

&Lsquo;I Was An Intern A Decade Ago Now, But I Still Remember It The Way Soldiers Remember War.&Rsquo; Intern Is Sandeep Jauhar&Rsquo;S Story Of His Days And Nights In Residency At A Busy Hospital In New York City, A Trial That Led Him To Question Every Assumption About Medical Care Today. Residency&Mdash;And Especially The First Year, Called Internship&Mdash;Is Legendary For Its Brutality. Working Eighty Hours Or More Per Week, Most New Doctors Spend Their First Year Asking Themselves Why They Wanted To Be Doctors In The First Place. &Nbsp; Jauhar&Rsquo;S Internship Was Even More Harrowing Than Most: He Switched From Physics To Medicine In Order To Follow A More Humane Calling&Mdash;Only To Find That Medicine Put Patients&Rsquo; Concerns Last. He Struggled To Find A Place Among Squadrons Of Cocky Residents And Doctors. He Challenged The Practices Of The Internship In The New York Times, Attracting The Suspicions Of The Medical Bureaucracy. Then, Suddenly Stricken, He Became A Patient Himself&Mdash;And Came To See That Today&Rsquo;S High-Tech, High-Pressure Medicine Can Be A Humane Science After All. Now A Thriving Cardiologist, Jauhar Has All The Qualities You&Rsquo;D Want In Your Own Doctor: Expertise, Insight, A Feel For The Human Factor, A Sense Of Humor, And A Keen Awareness Of The Worries That We All Have In Common. His Beautifully Written Memoir Explains The Inner Workings Of Modern Medicine With Rare Candor And Insight. Reviews &Lsquo;A Sensitive, Thoughtful Observer And An Experienced, Gifted Writer . . . It Will Be The Standard By Which Future Such Memoirs Will Be Judged&Rsquo; &Mdash;Abraham Verghese, Author Of My Own Country &Lsquo;In A Voice Of Profound Honesty And Intelligence, Sandeep Jauhar Gives Us An Insider&Rsquo;S Look At The Medical Profession, And Also A Dramatic Account Of The Psychological Challenges Of Early Adulthood&Rsquo; &Mdash;Akhil Sharma, Author Of An Obedient Father

The Intern:Doctor's Initiation

Durante séculos, o coração humano parecia estar além de nossa compreensão: uma massa tremulante e inescrutável que de alguma forma conduzia as emoções e abrigava a alma. Como o cardiologista e autor de best-sellers Sandeep Jauhar demonstra em Coração: Uma história, só recentemente conseguimos derrubar tabus milenares e criar procedimentos transformadores que mudaram o modo que vivemos. Alternando primorosamente entre episódios históricos e de seu próprio trabalho, Jauhar mostra a exuberante e pouco conhecida história de médicos que arriscaram suas carreiras, e dos pacientes que arriscaram suas vidas, para conhecer e curar nosso órgão mais vital. Ele nos apresenta Daniel Hale Williams, médico afro-americano que realizou a primeira cirurgia de coração aberto na "Era Dourada", em Chicago. Conhecemos C. Walton Lillehei, que conectou o sistema circulatório de um paciente ao de um doador saudável, abrindo caminho para a máquina coração-pulmão. E Wilson Greatbatch, que salvou milhões de vidas ao inventar ― por acidente ― o marca-passo. Jauhar magistralmente entremeia histórias de descoberta, arrogância e sofrimento com relatos comoventes de doenças cardíacas de familiares e pacientes que tratou ao longo de muitos anos. Ele também confronta os limites da tecnologia médica, propondo que o progresso futuro depende mais de como escolhemos viver do que dos dispositivos que poderemos inventar. Emocionante, envolvente e com uma narrativa primorosa, Coração: Uma história traz, em todo seu esplendor, o único órgão capaz de se mover sozinho. ELOGIOS A CORAÇÃO: UMA HISTÓRIA "Meu amigo Sandeep Jauhar novamente nos mostra por que é um de nossos professores mais diligentes. Para Jauhar, Coração: Uma história é uma jornada pessoal. Motivado por um trágico histórico de doença cardíaca, ele decide mudar seu destino. Ao longo da jornada, aprendemos não só a história do coração, mas o que podemos fazer para prolongar a saúde de nosso coração." ― Sanjay Gupta, médico, consultor médico na CNN e neurocirurgião docente na Emory Clinic "Sandeep Jauhar escreve com olhar de médico e coração de poeta. Seu livro mais recente, Coração: Uma história, é um tributo supremo ao nosso órgão mais vital." ― Marilyn Yalom, Universidade Stanford, autora de The Amorous Heart: An unconventional history of love "Uma jornada envolvente através da história da cardiologia moderna com um guia respeitável. Sandeep Jauhar se inspira em experiências pessoais, histórico familiar, seu treinamento e trabalho clínico e o conhecimento de sua área para criar uma narrativa sobre o coração ― o que sabemos sobre ele e como chegamos a essa compreensão ― que é ao mesmo tempo profunda e abrangente." ― Peter D. Kramer, autor de Ouvindo O Prozac e Ordinarily Well "Em Coração: Uma história, Sandeep Jauhar, um dos mais talentosos médicos escritores de nossa era, nos leva a uma jornada esclarecedora e edificante pelos principais marcos e avanços da doença cardíaca ― ao mesmo tempo trazendo suas experiências pessoais mais íntimas." ― Eric Topol, Scripps Research Institute, autor de The Patient Will See You Now "Sandeep Jauhar entremeia relatos pouco conhecidos da história médica com suas próprias experiências pessoais e profissionais para criar um livro ricamente detalhado sobre o coração humano. Incrivelmente cativante e repleto de preciosidades históricas." ― Lindsey Fitzharris, autora de The Butchering Art

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