Critical Care

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Critical Care takes us with Brown as she struggles to tend to her patients' need, both physical (the rigors of chemotherapy) and emotional (their late—night fears). Along the way, we see the work nurses do to fight for their patients' dignity, in spite of punishing treatments and an often uncaring hospital bureaucracy. We also see how a twelve—hour day of caring for the seriously ill gives Brown herself a deeper appreciation of what it means to be alive. Ultimately, this is a book about embracing life, whether in times of sickness of health. As she takes us into the place where patients and nurses meet, Brown shos us the power of human connection in the face of mortality. She does so with a keen sense of humor and remarkable powers of observation, making Critical Care a powerful contribution to the literature of medicine.