You can stop humming now : a doctor's stories of life, death, and in between

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Full Title:: You can stop humming now : a doctor's stories of life, death, and in between / Daniela Lamas

Genre:: Biographies
Anecdotes
Subjects:: Lamas, Daniela--Health
Critical care medicine--United States--Anecdotes
Physicians--United States--Biography
Emergency medicine
Intensive care units
Physicians
Ethics, Medical
Intensive Care Units

Table of Contents:: You can stop humming now -- Ten percent -- Life on battery -- Nightmares after the ICU -- Emergence -- Where the bridge ends -- Networking for a kidney -- An unexpected adulthood -- How it begins.
Summary:: "A critical care doctor's riveting stories about what it means to be saved by modern medicine"--Jacket flap.
Modern medicine is a world that glimmers with new technology and cutting-edge research. As a critical care doctor treating people at their sickest, Lamas is fascinated by a different story: what comes after for those whose lives are extended by days, months, or years as a result of our treatments and technologies? Here she explores the complex answers to this question through intimate accounts of patients and their families. Their moving narratives paint a detailed picture of the fragile border between sickness and health. -- adapted from jacket
Language:: English
Physical Type/Description:: vii, 245 pages ; 22 cm