“一个令人同情的和吸引人的故事,就像电视剧一样精彩。”——柯克斯评论
“令人信服的和富有同情心的人性化戏剧。如果你想了解现代医学如何运作,系好你的安全带,在《转变》中和特丽萨•布朗在医院呆上一天。”——丹妮尔博士,医学博士,《医生的感受:情绪如何影响医学实践》的作者
“《转变》从一个非常有才华,有洞察力的护士的角度来写,是非常感人和鼓舞人心的。布朗让我因成为护士而自豪。”——克莱尔•M•费金,博士,注册护士,名誉院长,宾夕法尼亚大学护理学院
“特丽萨•布朗的苛求和精彩的讲故事的方式唤起了巨大的同情。当一个人在癌症和悲伤中挣扎生存时还要拥有抓住快乐的能力,他们不是特丽萨笔下完美的天才。一个真正令人难忘的阅读。”——鲍比•伯克维茨,博士,注册护士,院长、教授,哥伦比亚大学护理学院
“护理需要更多像特丽萨布朗一样的参与者/观察者,能给这个长期被药物而不是对病人不必要的护理蒙上阴影的职业一个强有力的声音”。——苏珊娜•戈登,《超越清单》的作者
“《转变》抓住了每时每刻都同时存在于临床护士的生活中的实用主义和理想主义,同情与临床的客观性,幽默和心痛。”——巴巴拉•L•萨默斯,护理系主任,马里兰州安德森癌症中心,德克萨斯大学
“《转变》是非常写实的体验。特丽萨•布朗已经成功的提供了一个完全引人入胜的关于美国医院日常的观察。我陷入了她的故事,我自己在医院的转变姗姗来迟。”——保罗•W•陈博士,《最终测试作者:一名外科医生对死亡的思考》的作者
“我是器官移植楼层的病人,我对像特丽萨这样的护士每天所做的工作充满了敬畏和感激。在任何病人的生活中,她都很好地抓住了他们的核心作用!“——苏珊•M•洛夫,医学博士,首席顾问官,苏珊•洛夫博士研究基金会,《苏珊•洛夫博士的乳腺书籍》的作者
“An empathetic and absorbing narrative as riveting as a TV drama.” —Kirkus Reviews
“Compelling and compassionate human drama. If you want to understand how modern medicine ticks, fasten your seat belt and spend a day in the hospital with Theresa Brown on The Shift.” —Danielle Ofri, MD, PhD, author of What Doctors Feel: How Emotions Affect the Practice of Medicine
“Written from the perspective of an immensely talented, insightful nurse, The Shift is extremely moving and inspiring. Brown makes me so proud to be a nurse.” —Claire M. Fagin, PhD, RN, Dean Emerita, University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing
“Theresa Brown’s exacting and riveting way of telling a story evokes an empathy that is overwhelming. The ability to capture the joy when an individual survives cancer and the sorrow when they do not is a talent that Theresa has perfected. A truly memorable read.” —Bobbie Berkowitz, PhD, RN, Dean and Professor, Columbia University School of Nursing
“Nursing needs more participant/observers like Theresa Brown who can give such eloquent voice to a profession long overshadowed by medicine but no less essential to the care of patients.”—Suzanne Gordon, author of Beyond the Checklist.
“The Shift captures the juxtaposition of pragmatism and idealism, compassion and clinical objectivity, humor and heartache that exist simultaneously in the life of clinical nurses everywhere.”—Barbara L. Summers, Nursing Department Chair, MD Anderson Cancer Center, University of Texas
“The Shift is the ultimate fly-on-the-wall experience. Theresa Brown has succeeded in serving up a thoroughly engrossing view of the everyday in an American hospital. I got so caught up in her stories that I was late for my shift at the hospital.” —Dr. Pauline W. Chen, author of Final Exam: A Surgeon’s Reflections on Mortality
“Having been a patient on the transplant floor, I am filled with awe and gratitude for the work that the nurses like Theresa Brown do every day. She captures perfectly their central role in any patient’s life!” —Susan M. Love, M.D., Chief Visionary Officer, Dr. Susan Love Research Foundation and author of Dr Susan Love’s Breast Book