The intensive care unit (ICU) is a specialised hospital ward where the  sickest-of-the-sick  patients, often with life-threatening illness, receive around-the-clock monitoring and life support. There is a wide spectrum of conditions managed, and these present unique challenges for those who work in this field. Written in lay language by experienced ICU doctors (Intensivists), Psychiatrists, healthcare professionals outside of medicine and other stakeholders,  Stories from ICU doctors  provides insight and commentary around the nature and management of stressors for senior doctors working in the ICU.   The first five sections of the book describe the distinctive nature of the ICU environment: the human factors involved, the characteristics of thriving Intensivists, the emotions they experience, and how they behave in response.