{"product_id":"9781789636161","title":"Critical Care : A Life in Medicine","description":"\u003cp\u003eCritical Care is a moving collection of poems tracing a lifetime shaped by medicine. It follows the poet's journey through distinct stages: a childhood in Cornwall, where his father served as a rural GP and his mother worked as a nursing sister; his own career as a GP in Suffolk; his later experiences as a patient; and, finally, his role as a grandparent to Archie, a brain-damaged grandson, and Annabel, his granddaughter living in California.   Alongside these personal reflections, the poems explore the profound changes in medical practice over time. The intimate, family-centred care of earlier decades-when home visits were routine-has given way to a more technological, impersonal system, where face-to-face contact with a doctor is increasingly rare.   Written mainly in free verse, the poems aim to capture the emotional depth and complexity of these experiences with honesty and sensitivity\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Bookmonger","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":59926817112398,"sku":"9781789636161","price":8.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/thebookmongerbearsden.co.uk\/products\/9781789636161","provider":"The Bookmonger","version":"1.0","type":"link"}