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The Language of Kindness
The Language of Kindness
A nurse's memoir of two decades on the wards
2018Steady paceWarm
A nurse's story
Christie Watson trained as a nurse and worked in the profession for twenty years. Her memoir looks at the work through the patients she cared for, from newborns to the very old. It describes the skills, compassion and teamwork that nursing asks for.
Who will enjoy it
Readers who enjoy narrative and idea-driven nonfiction.
More about this book
Who
Christie Watson, a nurse, and the patients and colleagues she met.
World
Hospital wards and nursing in Britain.
What makes it different
It is told through individual patients and the lessons of caring for them.
Feel
Moving and humane.
Facts
Genre
Nonfiction · Nursing · Memoir · Hospitals
Length
336 pages · ≈ 10 h
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The English Patient