AdvertisementAfter cancer diagnosis, a neurosurgeon sees life, death and his career in a new wayPlay43:45Download AudioJanuary 30, 2023Terry GrossfacebookEmail"I was much less self-assured now that I was a patient myself," says neurosurgeon Henry Marsh. "I suddenly felt much less certain about how I'd been [as a doctor], how I'd handled patients, how I'd spoken to them." (Getty Images)
!["I was much less self-assured now that I was a patient myself," says neurosurgeon Henry Marsh. "I suddenly felt much less certain about how I'd been [as a doctor], how I'd handled patients, how I'd spoken to them." (Getty Images)](https://media.npr.org/assets/img/2023/01/30/gettyimages-107217575-f3032882dd012d681350697682951d86891260d1.jpg?s=1000)