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Trust Me, I'm a (Junior) Doctor

The hilarious and thought-provoking account of life on the NHS frontline - a must-read for fans of Adam Kay

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Trust Me, I'm a (Junior) Doctor

By: Max Pemberton
Narrated by: Alexi Armitage
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 The bestselling real life story of a hapless junior doctor, based on his columns written anonymously for the Telegraph.

'Funny and awful in equal measure' - Observer

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.
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The book kept me riveted, funny and sometimes heart breaking. Well read except for the women's voices which are a little odd

Great listen

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A brilliant and funny listen that I couldn't stop listening to until the end. Some very touching stories. It also acts as a clear reminder that we should treasure our NHS and all the staff that work in it. We all know it is underfunded but we really need to stem the tide of privitisation that is stealthily going on.

Brilliant!

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Max successfully shares the humorous side of the junior doctor experience whilst maintaining the humanity and compassion required for the job and doing it with humility. I wish the book had been available in the 80s, when I was a nurse in the acute sector and perhaps I may have been a bit more sympathetic towards the junior doctors!

Really Enjoyable Read

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Loved it, great story, well read, quite amusing at times. Would recommend this book to anyone.

Great listen

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Whilst I appreciate other reviews that the narrator may not have been the best choice (this does get better as he appears to settle into later parts of the book) this is such a better listen than Adam Kay’s ‘This is going to hurt’ which is one of my favourite books that I’ve ever gone through. This book details Max’s year as a junior doctor, which focuses much more on an entire cohort of junior doctors compared to Adam Kay’s focus on a single character. Throughout the book, you’ll hear of fascinating stories of patients who rely on the NHS for their care. This is mixed in with Max living his life past medical studies - is he able to cope with the workload, how does working as a junior doctor impact your personal life and how does his friendship fray as they work together through their time in the NHS. It’s a brilliant representation of life as a junior doctor and how it takes the efforts of an entire team as opposed to a single individual to ensure that the NHS runs smoothly - a MUST read for anyone with the slight interest of what it’s truly like to work within the healthcare industry.

Even better than ‘This is going to hurt’

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