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In a publication as eye-opening as it is riveting, practicing nurse and New York Times columnist Theresa Brown invites us to experience not only a day in the life of an nurse but all the life that happens in just 1 day in a hospital's cancer ward. Within the span of 12 time, lives can be lost, life-altering medical treatment decisions made, and dreams fulfilled or irrevocably taken. In Brown's skilled hands - as both a fervent nurse and an insightful chronicler of events - we are given an unprecedented view in to the individual battles as well as the larger truths about remedies in this country. By shift's end we've witnessed something serious about hope, restoration, and humanity. Each day Theresa Brown contains patients' lives in her hands. Upon this day there are four: Mr. Hampton, an individual with lymphoma to whom Brown is priced with administering a powerful drug that could cure him - or wipe out him; Sheila, and also require been dangerously misdiagnosed; Candace, a going back patient who occurs (perhaps advisedly) with her own disinfectant wipes, purifying rituals, and requirements; and Dorothy, who, after six weeks in the hospital, may finally go home. Prioritizing and ministering to their needs takes the kind of skill, level of sensitivity, and, yes, humor that enable a nurse to be a patient's most ardent advocate in a medical system designated by heartbreaking dysfunction as well as miraculous success.
