Max Pemberton: Trust me, I'm a (junior) doctor

Max Pemberton: Trust me, I'm a (junior) doctor    - 294 oldal

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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.

"In theory it's supposed to be a team effort, with the registrar, the SHO and the junior doctor who have been on call the previous night supporting each other. In reality the consultant asks a question, looking at the registrar, who then turns and looks at the SHO, who then turns and looks at the junior doctor, who then looks at their shoes." 

"Sometimes, the real pathos is in seeing people live their day-to-day lives, rather than the dramatic things like seeing people die." 

"Too late to save her from the cancer and too late to say goodbye. The two saddest words in the English language: Too Late."

"There is a fantastic amount of hypocrisy around drugs. While it's perfectly acceptable for the middle classes, come the weekend, to snort and smoke whatever they like, prostitution, gun crime, murder, extortion, burglary or armed robbery are considered unacceptable. But this is what you're supporting when you take illegal drugs."