The Comfort Garden Tales From The Trauma Unit
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Laurie Barkin's The Comfort Garden: Tales from the Trauma Unit is a first-person collection of accounts drawn from her five years as a psychiatric nurse consultant on the surgical/trauma unit at San Francisco General Hospital. The book uses a garden metaphor to examine caregiver coping and the emotional impact of repeated exposure to severe injury, violence and loss. Described as a memoir-style narrative, it foregrounds themes of compassion fatigue, vicarious trauma, and caregiver resilience.
Laurie Barkin's The Comfort Garden: Tales from the Trauma Unit is a first-person collection of accounts drawn from her five years as a psychiatric nurse consultant on the surgical/trauma unit at San Francisco General Hospital. The book uses a garden metaphor to examine caregiver coping and the emotional impact of repeated exposure to severe injury, violence and loss. Described as a memoir-style narrative, it foregrounds themes of compassion fatigue, vicarious trauma, and caregiver resilience.
- First-person, narrative accounts from an experienced psychiatric nurse who worked on a major urban trauma unit.
- Direct exploration of caregiver wellbeing, compassion fatigue, and vicarious trauma in accessible prose.
- First-person, narrative accounts from an experienced psychiatric nurse who worked on a major urban trauma unit.
- Direct exploration of caregiver wellbeing, compassion fatigue, and vicarious trauma in accessible prose.
- Recognised with professional awards and carries endorsements from nursing/healthcare commentators.
- Relevant to healthcare professionals and others whose work or lives involve repeated exposure to trauma.
- −Contains graphic and distressing patient stories (injuries, violence, abuse) that may upset some readers.
- −Primarily a memoir and narrative reflection rather than a clinical handbook or step-by-step guide to treatment or program implementation.
- −Contains graphic and distressing patient stories (injuries, violence, abuse) that may upset some readers.
- −Primarily a memoir and narrative reflection rather than a clinical handbook or step-by-step guide to treatment or program implementation.
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