Vladimír Beneš - Mé cesty do hlubin mozku - audioknihovna

This audiobook presents an honest account from one of the country’s best-known neurosurgeons, exploring life, death, hope and the miracles of modern medicine. What do we know about the brain, and what will we never know? Why is the brain the only organ that does not feel pain? Can we prevent serious illnesses such as Parkinson’s disease, Alzheimer’s disease, strokes and brain tumours? Should seriously ill people be told the harsh truth or a merciful lie, and should people be allowed to decide for themselves that they no longer wish to live? The book-length interview features a doctor who has performed more than eight thousand operations and is considered one of the best in the world in his field. He speaks directly and sometimes provocatively, while also admitting that surgeons often feel fear as well as confidence. During brain surgery, life and death can depend on millimetres. Beneš engagingly discusses patients, doctors, the brain itself, medical ethics, faith, euthanasia, regret, joy, medical television series, bribes in healthcare and his studies under the former regime, as well as travelling around the world to collect beetles with his friend Oldřich Kaiser. The contents are in Czech.