Machine generated contents note: Introduction: Worth risking life for -- 1. A Tree of Veins -- 2. Everything You Can Imagine is Real -- 3. The Origins of the World -- 4. At First the Infant -- 5. The Struggle for Existence -- 6. Somewhere Under My Left Ribs -- 7. To Live is So Startling -- 8. Small Things, with Great Love -- 9.O the Bones of the People -- 10. So We Beat On -- 11. At Close of Day -- 12. There Are Always Two Deaths -- 13. 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 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 astounding 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.
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