Description: "An engaging and illuminating exploration of the invisible medical specialty that is anesthesia.... Counting Backwards pulls back the veil on the very act of being alive." --Danielle Ofri, MD, PhD, author of What Patients Say, What Doctors Hear
Brief description: Henry Jay Przybylo, MD is an associate professor of anesthesiology at Northwestern University School of Medicine. He also holds an MFA in creative nonfiction from Goucher College. He lives in Chicago.
Review Quotes: A rare and thoughtful look behind the scenes of this crucial yet arcane specialization.-- "Publishers Weekly (starred review)"