Life in the Balance

Life in the BalanceBy: Jim Down 'A remarkably honest memoir of a life spent pulling people back from death' Adam Kay In these stories, Dr Jim Down brings us to the very heart of the intensive care unit the section of the hospital where the sickest patients are brought to be cared for until their condition improves. With honesty, humility and a streak of dark humour, Dr Down describes the quietly heroic work of doctors and nurses on the ICU, a place which sits at the

as he discovers

Includes questions at the end of each chapter for discussion and reflection

Just as we start to lose hope

about the familial and cultural dimensions of grief and also about the loneliness and anger that are unavoidable in it

designed for both general and academic readers

embracing love of the human and natural world in all its states

and technicians—all wrapped in a world that only Burton could conjure up

Two simple words: They gave

You Do challenges you to ask hard questions and make life-changing decisions—and ultimately guides you to the fulfillment you have been seeking

By: Corey Donaldson  The Book to Read Before You Say "I Do"

While in the park one morning in May 2020

who sought her out to share their stories