Description
In the last year we've called our doctors heroes, but what is daily life really like?
Discover the truth, hurt, heartbreak, life and death and everything in between through 34 Patients
'Wonderful - insightful and compassionate' Dr Richard Shepherd, author of UNNATURAL CAUSES
'Informative and personal, humbling and healing' Observer
AS SEEN IN THE GUARDIAN & THE TIMES
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We ask so much of our doctors.
To heal. To trust. To care. To listen.
To cure someone's pain. To deliver a baby safely into the world. To give the good news that will change someone's life.
Doctors know our deepest secrets, our private worries and our most vulnerable moments. But they listen to all of us, and under their gaze we are all equally worthy of help.
34 Patients is the breathtaking and uplifting memoir of a doctor who dares to look closer at a crowded waiting room, and value each soul and story he encounters.
Through stories of the patients he has helped and lost, and those who have changed him forever, Dr Tom Templeton weaves a profound and moving portrait of humanity, asking us to treat all with compassion.
About the Author
Tom Templeton worked as a journalist at the Observer. Aged thirty he retrained as a doctor working across eight different specialties (paediatrics, geriatrics, psychiatry, orthopaedics, general medicine, general practice). He now works as a GP.
Reviews
Wonderful - insightful and compassionate -- Dr Richard Shepherd, bestselling author of Unnatural Causes
An admirably told story * The Spectator *
Informative and personal, humbling and healing * Observer *
Book Information
ISBN 9780241429334
Author Tom Templeton
Format Hardback
Page Count 368
Imprint Michael Joseph Ltd
Publisher Penguin Books Ltd
Weight(grams) 592g
Dimensions(mm) 240mm * 162mm * 34mm
