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Critical Care
A New Nurse Faces Death, Life, and Everything in Between
Theresa Brown
HarperCollins · Print & ebook · April 26, 2011
Reading lane: Critical & ICU Nursing
“Among all the recent books on medicine, Critical Care stands alone.“ — Pauline Chen, author of Final Exam “A must read for anyone who wants to understand healthcare.
At a Glance
Why This Clicks
Nursing and Meaning
A first-year oncology nurse’s memoir brings bedside work alongside questions of mortality and meaning.
Come here for
- A nurse’s first year in oncology care
- Questions of mortality and meaning
Expect
- A personal memoir grounded in nursing work
- Healthcare seen through one nurse’s experience
Book Details
- Authors
- Theresa Brown
- Publisher
- HarperCollins
- Published
- April 26, 2011
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Theme
- Critical & ICU Nursing · Nursing Reference
- Reading lane
- Critical & ICU Nursing
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Publisher Categories
Lives in Medicine
Women's Lives
Personal Memoirs
Adult Humor
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Health Care Delivery
End-of-Life Care
Nursing
Critical & ICU Nursing
About This Book
“Among all the recent books on medicine, Critical Care stands alone.“ — Pauline Chen, author of Final Exam “A must read for anyone who wants to understand healthcare. Extraordinary.” — Elizabeth Cohen, MPH, CNN Senior Medical Correspondent Critical Care is the powerful and absorbing memoir of Theresa Brown—a regular contributor to the New York Times blog “Well”—about her experiences during the first year on the job as an oncology nurse; in the process, Brown sheds brilliant...
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