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Things that Matter : Stories of Life and Death from an Intensive Care Specialist
Paperback Edition: 1
In this highly articulate, down-to-earth, generous book, Dr David Galler tells stories of life and death from his position as Intensive Care specialist at Middlemore Hospital. Written lyrically and warmly, these stories are based on real life events describing the everyday dilemmas and challenges
that doctors and patients commonly face.
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It aims to explain and demystify much of the work doctors do, cast light on the workings of the medical establishment and how medicine operates, in the hope that it will encourage patients to seek to be better informed and play a greater role in the decisions that will affect them and their loved ones.
It speaks to the resilience of individuals and families and their extraordinary generosity and dignity under the most extreme pressure. This book is about realistic optimism and is a celebration of life.
It is also a very personal story about David Galler's life, his family and about his own slow coming of age as a doctor, from the sadness and helplessness he felt about his father's death to at last feeling that he was of some use to his most important patient, his mother.
Pages : 225
Publisher : Allen & Unwin
Publication date : 2017-08-01
Subjects: Non-fiction, New Zealand, Biography & True Stories, NZ Biography & True Stories, Memoirs