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Island nurses : stories of birth, life and death on remote Great Barrier Island / Leonie Howie, Adele Robertson.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Howie, Leonie, author.
- Robertson, Adele, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Nurses.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (265 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Sydney, Australia : Allen & Unwin, 2017.
- Summary:
- A story about two remarkable women and how they forged their careers in a remote place; a story of community and the births and deaths that shape its ups and downs; a classic story of making do and overcoming adversity; and a story of hope and new life.
- Contents:
- Cover
- Title page
- Copyright
- Contents
- Map of Aotea
- Author's note
- Prologue
- Chapter 1: LANDFALL
- Chapter 2: ON CALL, ON EDGE
- Chapter 3: PART OF THE FABRIC
- Chapter 4: DISCOVERING PARADISE
- Chapter 5: ARRIVALS
- Chapter 6: GROWING TOGETHER
- Chapter 7: ONWARDS, UPWARDS
- Chapter 8: ANSWERING THE CALL
- Chapter 9: PROGRESS
- Chapter 10: NO MAN (OR WOMAN) IS AN ISLAND
- Chapter 11: NEARING THE END
- Chapter 12: BOLTS FROM THE BLUE
- Chapter 13: TE PO, TE AO
- EPILOGUE
- Pic section
- Acknowledgements
- About the authors.
- Notes:
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 1-925576-90-6
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