Island nurses : stories of birth, life and death on remote Great Barrier Island
Howie, Leonie2018
Books, Manuscripts
Leonie Howie and Adele Robertson live and work on remote Great Barrier Island - so called because it faces the full brunt of the wild Pacific weather and acts as a barrier for the mainland about 100 kilometres away. With a population of about 1000, no reticulated electricity, no ATM machine, no street lights and one pub, this is a wildly beautiful place. It has a long history of farming, whaling and fishing, and the people who live here are a resilient lot, proud of their community. Midwifery and nursing on a remote island bring a wide range of dramas and emergencies, and here Adele and Leonie share the islanders' stories - sometimes tragic, sometimes happy, sometimes funny - from over 30 years of challenging yet uplifting work.
Main title:
Island nurses : stories of birth, life and death on remote Great Barrier Island / Leonie Howie, Adele Robertson.
Author:
Howie, Leonie, authorRobertson, Adele, author
Imprint:
Sydney : Allen & Unwin, 2018.
Collation:
256 pages : illustrations (colour) ; 24 cm
ISBN:
9781877505843 (pbk)
Dewey class:
610.730922
LC class:
RT82
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
2214064