Trust Me, I'm a (Junior) Doctor by Amazonundefined

Price last update: 08/03/2024

Description

'Very funny and frank'
Independent
'Reads like
Scrubs
: The Blog ... funny and awful in equal measure'
Observer
* * * * * * *
The bestselling real life story of a hapless junior doctor, based on his columns written anonymously for the
Telegraph
.
IF YOU'RE GOING to be ill, it's best to avoid the first Wednesday in August.
This is the day when junior doctors graduate to their first placements and begin to face having to put into practice what they have spent the last six years learning. Starting on the evening before he begins work as a doctor, this book charts Max Pemberton's
touching and funny
journey through his first year in the NHS. Progressing from youthful idealism to frank bewilderment, Max realises how little his job is about 'saving people' and how much of his time is taken up by signing forms and trying to figure out all the important things no one has explained yet -- for example, the crucial question of how to tell whether someone is dead or not. Along the way, Max and his fellow fledgling doctors grapple with the complicated questions of life, love, mental health and how on earth to make time to do your laundry.
All Creatures Great and Small
meets
Bridget Jones's Diary
, this is a
humorous and accessible
peek into a world which you'd normally need a medical degree to witness.
If you enjoy
Trust Me, I'm a (Junior) Doctor
, don't miss the follow-up titles
Where Does It Hurt?
and
The Doctor Will See You Now
.
Recenzja
Reads like Scrubs: The Blog... This diary-style account of Pemberton's first year on the wards is funny and awful in equal measure.
Observer
Very funny and frank.
Independent
Painfully funny.
Boris Johnson
Reading his absurdly funny, beautifully observed, day to day, horror stories from the wards, made me laugh and shudder
Maureen Lipman
O autorze
Max Pemberton
is a doctor, writer and journalist. His first book,
Trust Me, I'm a (Junior) Doctor
, was a Radio 4 Book of the Week, and was subsequently followed by two more books about his experiences working in the NHS,
Where Does it Hurt?
and
The Doctor Will See You Now
. He is currently a columnist for the
Daily Mail
and
Reader's Digest
, and a regular contributor to the
Spectator
.