Understand your patients better, read their journeys in our Patient Voices Collection

Learn more about the patient experience so that you can better support your patients. Our Patient Voices collection gives you access to books written by patients about their journeys coping with a wide range of conditions and diseases. Any member of the library can borrow from the Patient Voices Collection. Visit the library to browse the shelves or check the collection online via our catalogue Library Search to see what you'd like to try.

Patient Voices Collection by Cheryl Kent

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