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Author:

Watson, Christie, author.

Title:

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

Edition:

First U.S. edition.

Publisher:

Tim Duggan Books,

Copyright Date:

2018

Description:

326 pages ; 22 cm

Subject:

Watson, Christie.
Nurses--England--Biography.
Nurse and patient.
Nursing--Anecdotes.
Kindness.
Empathy.
Autobiographies.
Anecdotes.

Contents:

Introduction: Worth risking life for -- A tree of veins -- Everything you can imagine is real -- The origins of the world -- At first the infant -- The struggle for existence -- Somewhere under my left ribs -- To live is so startling -- Small things, with great love -- O the bones of the people -- So we beat on -- At close of day -- There are always two deaths -- And the flesh of the child grew warm.

Summary:

"A memoir about the experiences of a nurse in London, focusing on the overlooked importance of kindness and compassion"--Provided by publisher.

ISBN:

1524761648
9781524761646
152476163X
9781524761639

OCLC:

(OCoLC)1002294243

LCCN:

2017060569

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