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The language of kindness : a nurse's story / Christie Watson.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: London Chatto & Windus 2018.Description: 324 pages ; 22 cmISBN:
  • 9781784741983 (trade paperback)
  • 1784741981 (trade paperback)
  • 9781784741976
  • 1784741973
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 610.73 23
LOC classification:
  • PR6123.A855 Z46 2018
  • RT37.W38 A3 2018
NLM classification:
  • WY 88
Summary: "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.
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Non-Fiction Non-Fiction Waimate Located at Event Centre Non Fiction 610.73 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Not For Loan Not for loan A00767335

"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.

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