Trust Me, I'm a (Junior) Doctor
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Trust Me, I'm a (Junior) Doctor by Max Pemberton
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 Pembertons 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, in this humorous and accessible peek into a world which normally requires a medical degree, a scratch golf handicap and ward-clearing halitosis.
'TRUST ME I'M A JUNIOR DOCTOR is painfully funny' -- Boris Johnson 'very funny and frank account of his time working as a juniro doctor in the NHS.' -- Independent 20080216 '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 20080217 'Reading his absurdly funny, beautifully observed, day to day, horror stories from the wards, made me laugh and shudder.' -- Maureen Lipman 20080217
Max Pemberton is an SHO specialising in mental health. He writes a regular column for the Daily Telegraph.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780340951675 |
| ISBN 10 | 0340951672 |
| Title | Trust Me, I'm a (Junior) Doctor |
| Author | Max Pemberton |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Hodder & Stoughton |
| Year published | 2008-02-21 |
| Number of pages | 304 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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