Dr Henry Marsh

Stephen Sackur talks to one of Britain's leading brain surgeons, Henry Marsh. Imagine you are a patient about to undergo brain surgery. If it goes well it'll save your life; if it goes wrong you could end up paralysed or dead. Of course you want to believe your surgeon is infallible, a superhero - but he's not; he's all too human just like you. That simple truth emerges from the extraordinarily honest writing of Dr Henry Marsh, He's given us rare insight into the mind of the doctor - is it reassuring or troubling?