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020			_a9781784706883 (pbk.) : _c£8.99
060			_aWY 87.
100	1		_aWatson, Christie
245	1	4	_aThe language of kindness : _ba nurse's story
264		1	_aLondon : _bVintage Books, _c2019.
300			_axiii, 326p. ; _c23 cm
500			_aOriginally published: London: Chatto & Windus, 2018.
520			_aChristie Watson was a nurse for twenty years. Taking us from birth to death and from A&E to the mortuary, The Language of Kindness is an astounding account of a profession defined by acts of care, compassion and kindness. We watch Christie as she nurses a premature baby who has miraculously made it through the night, we stand by her side during her patient’s agonising heart-lung transplant, and we hold our breath as she washes the hair of a child fatally injured in a fire, attempting to remove the toxic smell of smoke before the grieving family arrive. In our most extreme moments, when life is lived most intensely, Christie is with us. She is a guide, mentor and friend. And in these dark days of division and isolationism, she encourages us all to stretch out a hand.
650		0	_aNursing
650		0	_aCompassion
650		0	_aResilience _917089
650		0	_aNurse-patient relations _97174
650		0	_aBiography
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