Intensive Care
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A doctor's story of healing, heartbreak and hope in children's ICU
A moving medical memoir from a leading Irish specialist in paediatric intensive care.
Dr Suzanne Crowe's career has centred on caring for children and supporting families through often unthinkable challenges. Here she shares stories of patients and colleagues she has met along the way, and offers fascinating and at times profound perspectives on the nature of care and healing. She weaves in her own story of grief after the loss of a child, and how it changed her path in life.Buy now!
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- ISBN: 9781399741071
- Author: Dr Suzanne Crowe
- Pub date: 28.08.25
- RRP: $39.99
- Format: Electronic book text
Author
Dr Suzanne Crowe
Suzanne Crowe grew up in Bray, County Wicklow, and studied medicine at Trinity College Dublin. She went on to train in Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine and practices mostly with children.
She is currently a consultant in paediatric intensive care medicine at Children's Health Ireland in Crumlin, Ireland's largest acute paediatric teaching hospital, and president of the Irish Medical Council. She has a passionate interest in children's rights, especially in terms of health and social care, sits on several charity boards including LGBT Ireland and Cheshire Ireland, and has a regular column in the Irish Independent in which she writes about healthcare and child-related topics.She is a widow with five children, one of whom - Beatrice - died shortly after she was born. Beatrice was Suzanne's major inspiration to work in intensive care for children.Suzanne lives in Dublin and Intensive Care is her first book.