Full name: Critical Care: A New Nurse Faces Death, Life, and Everything in Between

Author: Theresa Brown Year: 2010 Rank: Rating: Original Rating: Pop Rating: Genres/categories: Non Fiction, Memoirs Purchase/reserch links: LibraryThing Goodreads Amazon ISBNs: 9780061791550 9780061791543 0061791555 0061791547

"Among all the recent books on medicine, Critical Care stands alone." -- Pauline Chen, author of Final Exam "A must read for anyone who wants to understand healthcare. Extraordinary." -- Elizabeth Cohen, MPH, CNN Senior Medical Correspondent Critical Care is the powerful and absorbing memoir of Theresa Brown--a regular contributor to the New York Times blog "Well"--about her experiences during the first year on the job as an oncology nurse; in the process, Brown sheds brilliant light on issues of mortality and meaning in our lives. Similar books: Intensive Care by Echo Heron Singular Intimacies by Danielle Ofri The Real Doctor Will See You Shortly by Matt McCarthy Hot Lights, Cold Steel by Michael J. Collins Doctored by Sandeep Jauhar Intern by Sandeep Jauhar The Making of a Surgeon by William A. Nolen Ambulance Girl by Jane Stern Internal Medicine by Terrence Holt Direct Red by Gabriel Weston When Breath Becomes Air by Paul Kalanithi Paramedic by Peter Canning Do No Harm by Henry Marsh The Intern Blues by Robert Marion Something for the Pain by Paul Austin The Shift by Theresa Brown On Writing by Stephen King Tuesdays with Morrie by Mitch Albom Born a Crime by Trevor Noah Educated by Tara Westover