{"product_id":"the-angina-monologues-by-samer-nashef-9781925713817","title":"The Angina Monologues","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA pioneering cardiac surgeon expertly sews up the heart of surgery, the health of the nation, and the NHS.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Angina Monologues\u003c\/em\u003e speeds from the transporting of a donor's heart up the motorway hard shoulder, to cautionary stories of excessive intervention gone awry in US hospitals, to a traumatic trip to bring advanced cardiac surgery to the Palestinian West Bank. Nashef tells heart-stopping stories of transplants, bypasses, coronary artery repair, and cardiac arrest.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eHe also delivers humane advice about medical realities rarely observed — the futility of obsessing over diet, the necessity of calculating risks, the role of decision making, the resilience of doctor and patient alike, and the threadbare brilliance of the NHS.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eNashef is a magnificently warm and likable doctor and writer; and he has the best imaginable bedside manner.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Penguin Random House NZ","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46342721437932,"sku":"9781925713817","price":34.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/17463503482873.jpg?v=1743937453","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/the-angina-monologues-by-samer-nashef-9781925713817","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}