A Second Act - What Nearly Dying Teaches Us About Really Living

About the author

Dr Matt Morgan is a British intensive care doctor. His open letter addressed to patients during the 2020 COVID pandemic has been read by over half a million people worldwide and viewed by over two million times after featuring on the Channel 4 news. His articles have featured in the Guardian, the Telegraph, the Daily Mail, the Sunday Mirror and Huffington Post. A regular writer for the internationally acclaimed British Medical Journal, his article 'A letter from the ICU' is one of their most popular ever opinion article, read by over 130,000 people in 2020. His first book, Critical, has been translated into four languages. He lives in Cardiff with his family, enjoys CrossFit, photography, cold beer and even colder ice cream.

Product details

• Authors: Matt Morgan
• Publisher: Simon & Schuster UK
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Release: 29.01.2026
• EAN: 9781398532366
• ISBN: 978-1-398-53236-6
• No. of pages: 272
• Subjects: BODY, MIND & SPIRIT / Unexplained Phenomena, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Death & Dying, MEDICAL / Cardiology, MEDICAL / Emergency Medicine, Accident & emergency medicine, Cardiovascular medicine, Unexplained phenomena / the paranormal, Sociology: death and dying, Sociology: Death & Dying, Accident and emergency medicine