You can stop humming now : a doctor's stories of life, death, and in between
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New York : Little, Brown and Company, 2018.
Edition
First edition.
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vii, 245 pages ; 22 cm
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Northwest Reno Library - Adult Nonfiction
616.028 LAMAS 2018
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Published
New York : Little, Brown and Company, 2018.
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Book
Edition
First edition.
Language
English

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A critical care doctor's breathtaking stories about what it means to be saved by modern medicine. Modern medicine is a world that glimmers with new technology and cutting-edge research. To the public eye, medical stories often begin with sirens and flashing lights and culminate in survival or death. But these are only the most visible narratives. As a critical care doctor treating people at their sickest, Daniela Lamas is fascinated by a different story: what comes after for those whose lives are extended by days, months, or years as a result of our treatments and technologies? In You Can Stop Humming Now, Lamas explores the complex answers to this question through intimate accounts of patients and their families. A grandfather whose failing heart has been replaced by a battery-operated pump; a salesman who found himself a kidney donor on social media; a college student who survived a near fatal overdose and returned home, alive but not the same; and a young woman navigating an adulthood she never thought she'd live to see -- these moving narratives paint a detailed picture of the fragile border between sickness and health. Riveting, gorgeously told, and deeply personal, You Can Stop Humming Now is a compassionate, uncompromising look at the choices and realities that many of us, and our families, may one day face.

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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

Lamas, D. (2018). You can stop humming now: a doctor's stories of life, death, and in between (First edition.). Little, Brown and Company.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Lamas, Daniela. 2018. You Can Stop Humming Now: A Doctor's Stories of Life, Death, and in between. Little, Brown and Company.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Lamas, Daniela. You Can Stop Humming Now: A Doctor's Stories of Life, Death, and in between Little, Brown and Company, 2018.

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Lamas, Daniela. You Can Stop Humming Now: A Doctor's Stories of Life, Death, and in between First edition., Little, Brown and Company, 2018.

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