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  • That One Patient

  • Doctors and Nurses’ Stories of the Patients Who Changed Their Lives Forever
  • By: Ellen de Visser
  • Narrated by: Karen Cass, Julian Wadham
  • Length: 6 hrs and 59 mins
  • 4.8 out of 5 stars (17 ratings)
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Narrated by: Karen Cass,Julian Wadham
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Summary

The international best seller featuring interviews with Dr Anthony Fauci, Dame Sally Davies and Dr Jim Down.

For every doctor there is that one patient whose story touches them in a way they didn’t expect, changing their entire outlook on life. This inspiring and deeply moving book is the story of those patients. 

Every weekend, in Holland’s most popular newspaper, de Volkskrant, renowned science-journalist Ellen de Visser asks a different medical professional to tell her about ‘that one patient’; the patient who changed everything for them.

Every day, in every country, thousands of patients share their stories with their doctors: stories they may never have told anyone else; stories that are heartbreaking, sometimes funny and - just occasionally - unforgettable. To be able to do their job to the best of their abilities, medical experts use their ‘professional empathy’: they sympathize with their patients but try to keep themselves at a distance. But there is always that one patient who, for whatever reason, bridges this distance and often unwittingly, has a lasting impact on their doctor’s life.

There’s the dying patient whose decision to donate their organs would save the lives of five different people, bringing incredible comfort to the family they left behind. Or the little girl who showed clear evidence of having been beaten by an adult, but who remained too loyal to her step-father to say a word. There’s the little boy, diagnosed with life-threatening malaria in a Sudanese refugee camp, whose astonishing survival against the odds still inspires their doctor each time they stand by the bed of a child who looks unlikely to make it. And there’s the cancer patient whose love of cycling and unflagging optimism inspired his oncologist in ways he could never have imagined.

That One Patient is brimming with intimate stories of connection and of the unanticipated ways we can affect one other’s lives. All of them remind us of just how extraordinary humans can be, and of our incredible capacity for bravery, strength and humour.

©2021 Ellen de Visser (P)2021 HarperCollins Publishers Limited

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"Take the time to read this book. It’s worth it!" (Professor Stephen Westaby, author of Fragile Lives)

"I loved this book. It brings anonymous 'health care professionals' to life, showing their real thoughts, emotions and reactions to the people they see. I hope showing the lifelong impact our patients can have on us helps people to be assured that we who serve them are deeply touched by their stories, appreciate their confidence in us and value their trust. If we occasionally struggle to rise to their expectations it's not because we are indifferent or unkind, but because we, too, are human." (Kathryn Mannix, author of With the End in Mind)

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just the lovely stories

loved all the stories life changing interactions with people they will never forget I work in health care and have experience same types of wonderful.lessoms of courage

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Brilliant

Absolutely loved the individual accounts from all the professionals and their personal experiences with patients. Being a nurse myself I can relate. Truly captivating and inspiring.

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Great read

Every story was unique. Fantastic collection from the medical world.
Enjoyed every minute of listening to this book.

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