Critical: Stories from the front line of intensive care medicine Audiobook

Quotes

• 'Matt Morgan is an engaging, honest and perceptive doctor who has managed to pack an awful lot into his career. This book promises to offer a real insight into an area of life and death medicine that many of us will have seen dramatised on television.’

  — Dr Michael Mosley, bestselling author of The Fast Diet, The 8-Week Blood Sugar Diet and The Clever Guts Diet

• 'Matt Morgan writes beautifully and movingly about the edges of life. Through vivid encounters and pitch-perfect insights, he shines a light on the human experience at the frontiers of healthcare.'

  — Ganesh Suntharalingam, President, Intensive Care Society

• ‘A very special book filled with stories of survival, hope and loss.'

  — Adam Kay, author of the best-selling book This is Going to Hurt: Secret Diaries of a Junior Doctor

• ‘I loved it. So carefully written and obviously as a doctor, I could totally get behind the stories of Gram and the origin of ICU, but the patients…just so touching. I love the exploration of what it means to survive, at what cost and so on. A lovely book.’

  — Dr Nikki Stamp FRACS, Cardiothoracic and Transplant Surgeon and author of Can You Die of a Broken Heart? A Heart Surgeon's Insight Into What Makes Us Tick

• ‘A gripping realism of life in intensive care that reminds us how fragile is life. Written with humility and insight this is an intriguing glimpse into a world of life-saving decisions. It is life affirming and hugely reassuring.’

  — Professor Dame Sue Black, author of All That Remains: A Life in Death

• 'Compassionate and moving… Morgan provides a rich array of stories and characters. Alongside the cases studies, he details the development of the medical practices and technology – from the iron lung to ultrasound – that have helped make such life-saving procedures possible.' 

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• ‘An illuminating, compassionate insight into the fascinating world of intensive care.’ 

  — Leah Hazzard, author of Hard Pushed