You Can Stop Humming Now

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A critical care doctor tells stories of what life is like for patients who are kept alive by modern medical technology. Modern medicine is a world that glimmers with new technology and cutting-edge research. To the public eye, stories begin with sirens and flashing lights and culminate in survival or death. But these are only the most visible narratives. As a critical care doctor treating people at their sickest, Daniela Lamas is fascinated by a different story—what is life like for the people who live to leave the ICU? Technology is helping us live longer and longer, but at what cost? In YOU CAN STOP HUMMING NOW, Dr. Lamas explores the answers to these questions through stories from her own experience in medicine. From cardiology patients tethered to ventilators, to a grandfather whose failing heart still beats thanks to a wearable pump and a young woman whose delirium in the ICU left her physically healthy but psychologically tormented by PTSD, YOU CAN STOP...