Seven Signs of Life: Stories from an Intensive Care Doctor
by Aoife Abbey
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Grief. Anger. Joy. Fear. Distraction. Disgust. Hope. All emotions we expect to encounter over our lifetime. But what if this was every day? And what if your ability to manage them was the difference between life and death? For a doctor in Intensive Care this is part of the job. Fear in the eyes of a terminally ill patient who pleads with you to not let them die. Grief when you make a potentially fatal mistake. Disgust at caring for a convicted rapist. But there are also moments of joy, like show more the rare bright spots of lucidity for a dementia patient, or when the ward unexpectedly breaks into song. Dr Aoife Abbey shows us what a doctor sees of humanity as it comes through the revolving door of the hospital and takes us beyond a purely medical perspective. Told through seven emotions, Seven Signs of Life is about what it means to be alive and how it feels to care for a living. show lessTags
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this is a very thoughtful and compassionate book. it would pair very well with The Language of Kindness: A Nurse's Story, by Christie Wilson - they reminded me much of each other, and the both have very respectful hearts at the centre of their storytelling.
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