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Digregorio Sarah
Digregorio Sarah - Taking Care The Story Of Nursing And Its Power To Change Our World - Hardcover
Digregorio Sarah - Taking Care The Story Of Nursing And Its Power To Change Our World - Hardcover
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Description: Di Gregorio's storytelling is pitch - perfect; narrative and nursing she understands come from the same place and both are concerned with a deep understanding of character and plot . This is a brilliant book and Di Gregorio is a beautiful writer. Taking Care deserves to be on the reading list for nursing and medical schools and on the bedside table of all politicians." New York Times Book Review In this sweeping cultural history of nursing from the Stone Age to the present the critically acclaimed author of Early pays homage to the profession and makes an urgent call for change. Nurses have always been vital to human existence. A nurse was likely there when you were born and a nurse might well be there when you die. Familiar in hospitals and doctors offices these dedicated health professionals can also be found in schools prisons and people's homes; at summer camps; on cruise ships and even at NAS a. Yet despite being celebrated during the Covid - 19 epidemic nurses are often undermined and undervalued in ways that reflect misogyny and racism and that extend to their working conditions and affect the care available to everyone. But the potential power of nursing to create a healthier more just world endures. The story of nursing is complicated. It is woven into war plague religion the economy and our individual lives in myriad ways. In Taking Care journalist Sarah Di Gregorio chronicles the lives of nurses past and tells the stories of those today caregivers at the vital intersection of health care and community who are actively changing the world often invisibly. An absorbing and empathetic work that combines storytelling with nuanced reporting Taking Care examines how we have always tried to care for each other the incredible ways we have succeeded and the ways in which we have failed. Fascinating empowering and significant it is a call for change and a love letter to the nurses of yesterday today and tomorrow.
Title: Taking Care The Story Of Nursing And Its Power To Change Our World
Author(s): Digregorio Sarah
Publisher: Harpercollins Publishers Inc
Barcode: 9780063071285
Pages: 320 Pages
Publication Date: 5/2/2023
Category: Medical Study & Revision Guides & Reference Material
Description: Di Gregorio's storytelling is pitch - perfect; narrative and nursing she understands come from the same place and both are concerned with a deep understanding of character and plot . This is a brilliant book and Di Gregorio is a beautiful writer. Taking Care deserves to be on the reading list for nursing and medical schools and on the bedside table of all politicians." New York Times Book Review In this sweeping cultural history of nursing from the Stone Age to the present the critically acclaimed author of Early pays homage to the profession and makes an urgent call for change. Nurses have always been vital to human existence. A nurse was likely there when you were born and a nurse might well be there when you die. Familiar in hospitals and doctors offices these dedicated health professionals can also be found in schools prisons and people's homes; at summer camps; on cruise ships and even at NAS a. Yet despite being celebrated during the Covid - 19 epidemic nurses are often undermined and undervalued in ways that reflect misogyny and racism and that extend to their working conditions and affect the care available to everyone. But the potential power of nursing to create a healthier more just world endures. The story of nursing is complicated. It is woven into war plague religion the economy and our individual lives in myriad ways. In Taking Care journalist Sarah Di Gregorio chronicles the lives of nurses past and tells the stories of those today caregivers at the vital intersection of health care and community who are actively changing the world often invisibly. An absorbing and empathetic work that combines storytelling with nuanced reporting Taking Care examines how we have always tried to care for each other the incredible ways we have succeeded and the ways in which we have failed. Fascinating empowering and significant it is a call for change and a love letter to the nurses of yesterday today and tomorrow.
Title: Taking Care The Story Of Nursing And Its Power To Change Our World
Author(s): Digregorio Sarah
Publisher: Harpercollins Publishers Inc
Barcode: 9780063071285
Pages: 320 Pages
Publication Date: 5/2/2023
Category: Medical Study & Revision Guides & Reference Material