The language of kindness : a nurse's story

Author/Creator:

Watson, Christie, author

Publication/Creation:

New York : Tim Duggan Books, [2018]

Resource Type:

Book

Edition:

First U.S. edition.

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Additional/Related Title Information

Full Title:

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

Subjects/Genre

Genre:

Personal Narrative
Autobiographies
Anecdotes

Subjects:

Watson, Christie
Nurses--England--Biography
Nurse and patient
Nursing--Anecdotes
Kindness
Empathy
Nurse-Patient Relations
Nurses
Empathy.--Juvenile literature
London
London (England).--Juvenile literature

Description/Summary

Table of 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.

Language:

English

Physical Type/Description:

326 pages ; 22 cm

Additional Identifiers

Catalog ID (MMSID):

9936765815602486

ISBN:

9781524761639
152476163X

OCLC Number:

1002294243

Barcode:

070000164639