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Inside God's Shed - Memoirs of an Intensive Care Specialist (Paperback)
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Inside God's Shed - Memoirs of an Intensive Care Specialist (Paperback)
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Loot Price R456
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Inside God's Shed is a series of tales that describe the
experiences of an Intensive Care specialist during his career
working in two major Australian teaching hospital intensive care
units (critical care units) and three private hospital intensive
care units. The stories provide a portrait of the intensive care
unit by taking the reader into the lives of patients, relatives,
medical specialists, nurses, hospital administrators and even
pharmaceutical industry 'reps'. The narrative breaks down the
stereotypes often found in novels and TV shows about the care of
the acutely ill patient with over-worked heroes and heroines who
cure the incurable and operate on the inoperable. The accounts tell
of the hazards of the medical industry, of unreliable information,
the fallibility of individuals and the distance that sometimes
exists between science and humanity. They also draw attention to
the unique workplace repartee and banter between medical
specialists and nurses, underscoring the esprit de corps in a well
functioning unit. While the tales portray what can be achieved when
a unified medical team manages a critically ill patient, they also
describe the limits of acute medical care; highlighting the
complexities and ethical dilemmas in the care of a dying and
chronically ill elderly patient. These stories are of true events,
gleaned from notes and memories of cases in almost 40 years of an
intensive care practice. Many of the names are either changed or
are not included. Those people who are identified are already known
and on the public record.
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