Bed 12 - Couverture souple

Murdoch, Alison

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0995647801 ISBN 13 : 9780995647800

Editeur : Hikari Press, 2017

Synopsis

What do you do when the most important person in your life is about to die? Who can help you? How do you keep going? When Alison Murdoch's husband catches viral encephalitis and falls into a life-threatening coma, everything changes. Bed 12 is a survival guide to the world of acute medicine, and a poignant and darkly comic account of what it's like to fight for someone's life. Over the course of a summer, machines beep and clatter, medical staff come and go, and family and friends of varying beliefs offer well-intentioned advice. For someone unfamiliar with hospitals, death and dying, the insights of Buddhism assume a greater relevance than ever before. This book is an astute, profound and uplifting insight into how to cope with despair, heartache and the unknown.

'The object of my concern-or rather the entire focus of my current existence-is now lying in Bed 12.'

'Riveting!' Dr Bob Grove, former Chief Executive, the Centre for Mental Health

'A powerfully moving book revealing the healing power that resides within the minds and hearts of each one of us.' Thupten Jinpa, principal English translator to the Dalai Lama

'This is a miraculous story told with great humanity.' The Rt Revd & Rt Hon Richard Chartres KCVO DD FSA, Bishop of London (1995-2017)

'... a love letter to the NHS, and the everyday acts of kindness that keep it afloat...it needs to be widely read.' Dr Phil Hammond, NHS doctor, writer, broadcaster and comedian

'A fascinating and inspiring read for anyone who has experienced the serious illness of a friend or relative, or who wonders about their own mortality. As a GP, I hope it will be read by everyone who cares about the NHS.' Professor Clare Gerada MBE

'Bed 12 contains so much from which those of us providing intensive care could and should learn... it is a remarkable achievement.' Richard Beale, Professor of Intensive Care Medicine, Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust

A propos du livre

À propos des auteurs

Alison Murdoch has catalogued paintings for Sotheby's, established emergency night shelters for homeless people, turned a London courthouse into a vibrant Buddhist centre, set up a catering service for refugees, and run workshops in Asia, Australasia, Central and North America, and Europe. She is a regular contributor to BBC Radio including Good Morning Sunday, Women's Hour, Moral Maze and the Chris Evans Show. Her writing has been translated into four languages. She once smuggled herself into Tibet in the back of a lorry.

Phil Hammond is a doctor, journalist, broadcaster, campaigner and comedian. He qualified as a GP in 1991 and is currently works in a specialist NHS centre for children and adolescents with chronic fatigue syndrome/ME. Phil is also a presenter on BBC Radio Bristol and has been Private Eye's medical correspondent since 1992, campaigning for patient empowerment, open data in healthcare and for the NHS to be honest and transparent about the harm it causes as well as the good it does. In 2012, he was shortlisted with Andrew Bousfield for the Martha Gellhorn Prize for Investigative Journalism for a Private Eye Special Report about the shocking treatment of NHS Whistleblowers. Phil has also won awards for broadcasting, popular health journalism, comedy and teaching. He is Vice President of the Patients' Association and a patron of Meningitis UK, the Doctors' Support Network, the Herpes Viruses Association, Patients First and Kissing It Better. Phil presented five series of Trust Me, I'm a Doctor on BBC2 and has appeared regularly on Have I Got News for You, The News Quiz, The Now Show, The One Show and Countdown. He has been a Lecturer in Medical Communication at the Universities of Bristol and Birmingham, . Phil's Radio 4 sitcom about GPs struggling with the NHS reforms - Polyoaks - was written with David Spicer and the third series airs in June 2014. Phil has written three books - Medicine Balls, Trust Me, I'm (Still) a Doctor and Sex, Sleep or Scrabble? - and released two DVDs of his tours (Dr Phil's Rude Health Show and Confessions of a Doctor). He has currently on his third UK comedy tour with Games to Play With Your Doctor and writing his fourth book, 'Staying Alive - How to Survive the NHS' which will be published by Quercus in January 2015

Dr Ava Easton is the Chief Executive of The Encephalitis Society. Ava has produced and published several papers, and more recently a book (Life After Encephalitis) on various aspects of encephalitis and its after-effects; she also speaks at conferences and provides lectures and training on acquired brain injury, and encephalitis and its consequences, for health, education and social care professionals, worldwide. Ava is involved in a number of research studies looking into the processes and outcomes of encephalitis and is an Honorary Fellow at The University of Liverpool, UK. Ava also provides consultancy to various press and media, and is on the editorial board of Brain Injury magazine. In her spare time Ava is a Marine Mammal Medic, enjoys reading, movies, listening to music, fine food and wine, and loves all animals.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Hikari Press
• Date d'édition: 2017
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0995647801
• ISBN 13: 9780995647800
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 178
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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