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Seven Signs of Life
- Stories from an Intensive Care Doctor
- Narrated by: Caroline Lennon
- Length: 6 hrs and 12 mins
- Categories: Biographies & Memoirs, Professionals & Academics
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Summary
Random House presents the audiobook edition of Seven Signs of Life by Aoife Abbey.
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 the rare bright spots of lucidity for a dementia patient, or when the ward unexpectedly breaks into song.
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- Sarah Faherty
- 03-06-20
A good easy read
A worth while read for with an interest in ICU medicine & the emotions of the doctors behind the stories. A very personal, reflective & honest book. The book does lack a little in structure & meanders a little from patient to patient without a clear direction or context but this doesn't take away from the insight & feeling of the other side of the 'ICU curtin'
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