Every day, decisions are made in rooms most people will never enter—committee tables, exam rooms, shelter vans, offices lit long after parking lots are empty. In those spaces, lives are shaped quietly, often invisibly, by systems designed to care for some and constrain others.
In What We Carry Home, a family physician and healthcare leader bears witness to those rooms and to the people who move through them: patients navigating illness without stability, clinicians stretched thin by competing demands, trainees waiting for permission to serve, and families living just beyond the reach of institutional care. Moving between hospitals and homes, leadership meetings and kitchen tables, these essays trace the moral weight of care—and the discipline required to keep that weight from landing where it doesn’t belong.
With clarity and restraint, this collection examines what medicine asks of those who practice it, what the system obscures in the name of efficiency, and how dignity, presence, and love persist despite those constraints. These essays do not offer solutions or manifestos. They linger instead on thresholds—between professional and personal life, between responsibility and grief, between what can be fixed and what must be carried.
Written for readers inside and outside of healthcare, What We Carry Home is a record of quiet work: of grief and grace, of responsibility and repair, and of the sacredness that remains when caring for others follows us home.
Les informations fournies dans la section « Synopsis » peuvent faire référence à une autre édition de ce titre.
Vendeur : Grand Eagle Retail, Bensenville, IL, Etats-Unis
Paperback. Etat : new. Paperback. Every day, decisions are made in rooms most people will never enter-committee tables, exam rooms, shelter vans, offices lit long after parking lots are empty. In those spaces, lives are shaped quietly, often invisibly, by systems designed to care for some and constrain others.In What We Carry Home, a family physician and healthcare leader bears witness to those rooms and to the people who move through them: patients navigating illness without stability, clinicians stretched thin by competing demands, trainees waiting for permission to serve, and families living just beyond the reach of institutional care. Moving between hospitals and homes, leadership meetings and kitchen tables, these essays trace the moral weight of care-and the discipline required to keep that weight from landing where it doesn't belong.With clarity and restraint, this collection examines what medicine asks of those who practice it, what the system obscures in the name of efficiency, and how dignity, presence, and love persist despite those constraints. These essays do not offer solutions or manifestos. They linger instead on thresholds-between professional and personal life, between responsibility and grief, between what can be fixed and what must be carried.Written for readers inside and outside of healthcare, What We Carry Home is a record of quiet work: of grief and grace, of responsibility and repair, and of the sacredness that remains when caring for others follows us home. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability. N° de réf. du vendeur 9798241094650
Quantité disponible : 1 disponible(s)
Vendeur : California Books, Miami, FL, Etats-Unis
Etat : New. Print on Demand. N° de réf. du vendeur I-9798241094650
Quantité disponible : Plus de 20 disponibles
Vendeur : PBShop.store US, Wood Dale, IL, Etats-Unis
PAP. Etat : New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000. N° de réf. du vendeur L2-9798241094650
Quantité disponible : Plus de 20 disponibles
Vendeur : PBShop.store UK, Fairford, GLOS, Royaume-Uni
PAP. Etat : New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000. N° de réf. du vendeur L2-9798241094650
Quantité disponible : Plus de 20 disponibles
Vendeur : CitiRetail, Stevenage, Royaume-Uni
Paperback. Etat : new. Paperback. Every day, decisions are made in rooms most people will never enter-committee tables, exam rooms, shelter vans, offices lit long after parking lots are empty. In those spaces, lives are shaped quietly, often invisibly, by systems designed to care for some and constrain others.In What We Carry Home, a family physician and healthcare leader bears witness to those rooms and to the people who move through them: patients navigating illness without stability, clinicians stretched thin by competing demands, trainees waiting for permission to serve, and families living just beyond the reach of institutional care. Moving between hospitals and homes, leadership meetings and kitchen tables, these essays trace the moral weight of care-and the discipline required to keep that weight from landing where it doesn't belong.With clarity and restraint, this collection examines what medicine asks of those who practice it, what the system obscures in the name of efficiency, and how dignity, presence, and love persist despite those constraints. These essays do not offer solutions or manifestos. They linger instead on thresholds-between professional and personal life, between responsibility and grief, between what can be fixed and what must be carried.Written for readers inside and outside of healthcare, What We Carry Home is a record of quiet work: of grief and grace, of responsibility and repair, and of the sacredness that remains when caring for others follows us home. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability. N° de réf. du vendeur 9798241094650
Quantité disponible : 1 disponible(s)