Fragile Lives Quotes

“I was young and fearless. Seemingly invincible and massively overconfident.”
― Stephen Westaby, Open Heart: A Cardiac Surgeon's Stories of Life and Death on the Operating Table

“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

“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

“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