| Vital Signs: Stories from intensive care Contributor(s): Hillman, Ken (Author) |
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ISBN: 1742230954 ISBN-13: 9781742230955 Publisher: NewSouth Books OUR PRICE: $26.59 Product Type: Paperback Published: October 2009 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Medical | Critical Care - Medical | Allied Health Services - General - Medical | Nursing - Critical & Intensive Care |
| Dewey: 616.028 |
| Physical Information: 0.9" H x 6.1" W x 9.1" (0.75 lbs) 240 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This gripping collection of stories about the experiences of intensive care patients, their families and carers, is about ordinary people facing terrible tragedies and the ways they cope with them. The author, an experienced intensive care clinician, takes the reader on a journey inside an intensive care unit and reveals to the public, for the first time, what really happens inside ICU. The book traces the personal experiences of ICU patients and their families and the struggles of staff providing care in this critical environment. It also offers a searing critique of the way modern healthcare can fail those in greatest need. |