From Life in a Hospice: reflections on caring for the dying by Ann Richardson. Published by Radcliffe Publishing at £19.95. (ISBN 9781846192432). Highly Commended in the Medicine section of the 2008 BMA Book Awards.
‘It's a fascinating line of work — in a truly humanistic way, you really feel you do achieve something. And every person with a life-threatening illness presents a new challenge. I end up by seeing the more difficult ones, the ones with complex pain. Lots of psychological …