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Watson, Christie,

The language of kindness : a nurse's story / Christie Watson. - London Chatto & Windus 2018. - 324 pages ; 22 cm

"Christie Watson was a nurse for twenty years. Taking us from birth to death and from A&E to the mortuary, The Language of Kindness is an astonishing account of a profession defined by acts of care, compassion and kindness. We watch Christie as she nurses a premature baby who has miraculously made it through the night, we stand by her side during her patient's agonising heart-lung transplant, and we hold our breath as she washes the hair of a child fatally injured in a fire, attempting to remove the toxic smell of smoke before the grieving family arrive. In our most extreme moments, when life is lived most intensely, Christie is with us. She is a guide, mentor and friend. And in these dark days of division and isolationism, she encourages us all to stretch out a hand."--Page 4 of cover.

ISBN: 9781784741983 (trade paperback) 1784741981 (trade paperback) 9781784741976 1784741973

Subjects--Personal Names:
Watson, Christie.

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Nurses--Biography.
Nurse and patient.
Nursing--Anecdotes.
Nurse-Patient Relations.
Nurses.
Empathy.
Health and Fitness.
Health and Wellbeing.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
Great Britain.

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Autobiographies.

LC Class. No.: PR6123.A855 / Z46 2018 RT37.W38 / A3 2018

Dewey Class. No.: 610.73

National Library of Medicine Call No.: WY 88 / W337L 2018