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Every deep drawn breath: Podcast with Wes Ely
Though "breath" is in the title of Wes Ely's book (and his song choice by the Police), relationships are its beating heart.
The book operates on two levels.
On one level, Wes Ely's book is an autobiography of a critical care doctor's horror and shame at discovering that his ICU practice of heavily sedating patients for days on end was leading to lifelong physical, cognitive, and psychological harm; and the arc of his redemptive journey to find a better way to care for patients in the ICU.
But this book also operates on a second, much deeper level. On this deeper level the book is a story of…
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