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By Aoife Abbey. And what if your ability to manage them was the difference between life and death?For Aoife Abbey, a doctor in intensive care, these experiences are part of the job - from grief when you make a potentially fatal mistake to joy when the ward unexpectedly breaks into song.

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An insightful, tender and inspiring memoir that explores the emotional side of a doctor's working life. An insightful, tender and inspiring memoir that explores the reality of life on the NHS front line. 'Brilliant, compelling... A hugely life-affirming book' Mail on Sunday 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 Aoife Abbey, a doctor in intensive care, these experiences are part of the job - from grief when you make a potentially fatal mistake to joy when the ward unexpectedly breaks into song. Seven Signs of Life is Abbey's extraordinary account of what it means to be alive and how it feels to care for a living. 'Sensitive, honest and, yes, brave... Compulsive reading' Nigella Lawson 'Heartfelt, honest, illuminating and wise' Julia Samuel, author of This Too Shall Pass

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PublisherVintage Publishing

ISBN-139781784708474

eBay Product ID (ePID)3046653925

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Number of Pages288 Pages

Publication NameSeven Signs of Life: Stories from an Intensive Care Doctor

LanguageEnglish

SubjectMedicine

Publication Year2020

TypeTextbook

Subject AreaBiological Psychology

AuthorAoife Abbey

FormatPaperback

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Item Height198 mm

Item Weight202 g

Item Width129 mm

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Country/Region of ManufactureUnited Kingdom

Title_AuthorAoife Abbey

TopicMemorials

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by earlyago
17 Jun, 2020
Compelling insight into a world we could not imagine or deal with.
Compelling insight into the day to day life of an intensive care doctor and the difficult decisions and conversations with relatives at the worst time of their lives.compe
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