What really goes on 'behind the screens' of a busy hospital ward?
The heroes of the novel are Paul Lambert and his girl friend Kate
Meredith. Paul, a quiet and introspective young doctor, tells the
real-life tales of some of his patients, at a time forty years ago
when care and compassion ruled supreme. Kate is a nurse who learns
more about patient care when she is admitted as a patient to her
own ward than she does from all her nursing tutors and text books!
Some stories are humorous, some sad, others poignant, but all are
very 'human'. There is the tale of the wife who becomes pregnant
two years after her husband's vasectomy, the milkman's tattoo that
was mischievously altered whilst he was anaesthetised and the case
of the elderly spinster who brought her pregnant cat to the
emergency department! These stories explore many facets of hospital
life; the sense of care that existed within healthcare at this
time, the anxiety experienced when treating a fellow human being,
the pain felt when patient outcomes are unfavourable and the
chronic tiredness resulting from long hours on duty, It becomes
clear that humour and compassion make wonderful medicine. From the
author of The First Cut
General
Imprint: |
New Generation Publishing
|
Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
Release date: |
November 2013 |
First published: |
November 2013 |
Authors: |
Peter Sykes
|
Dimensions: |
229 x 152 x 15mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Paperback - Trade
|
Pages: |
252 |
ISBN-13: |
978-1-910053-80-5 |
Categories: |
Books >
Fiction >
General & literary fiction >
Modern fiction
|
LSN: |
1-910053-80-5 |
Barcode: |
9781910053805 |
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