Join Amazon Prime and get unlimited Free One-Day Delivery. Already a member? Sign in.

 

or
Sign in to turn on 1-Click ordering.
 
   
More Buying Choices
41 used & new from £1.66
Have one to sell? Sell yours here
 
   
Trust Me, I'm a (Junior) Doctor
 
 
Share your own customer images
Publisher: learn how customers can search inside this book.

Trust Me, I'm a (Junior) Doctor (Paperback)

by Max Pemberton (Author)
4.3 out of 5 stars See all reviews (32 customer reviews)
RRP: £7.99
Price: £5.59 & this item Delivered FREE in the UK with Super Saver Delivery. See details and conditions
You Save: £2.40 (30%)
o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o
In stock.
Dispatched from and sold by Amazon.co.uk. Gift-wrap available.

25 new from £3.00 16 used from £1.66
Other Editions: RRP: Our Price: Other Offers:
Paperback £12.99 £9.09 51 used & new from £0.75

Frequently Bought Together

Trust Me, I'm a (Junior) Doctor + Bedside Stories: Confessions of a Junior Doctor + In Stitches: The Highs and Lows of Life as an AandE Doctor
Price For All Three: £14.97

Show availability and shipping details

Customers Who Bought This Item Also Bought

Bedside Stories: Confessions of a Junior Doctor

Bedside Stories: Confessions of a Junior Doctor

by Michael Foxton
4.1 out of 5 stars (10)  £5.39
In Stitches: The Highs and Lows of Life as an AandE Doctor

In Stitches: The Highs and Lows of Life as an AandE Doctor

by Nick Edwards
4.7 out of 5 stars (46)  £3.99
Medicine Balls: Consultations with the World's Greatest TV Doctor

Medicine Balls: Consultations with the World's Greatest TV Doctor

by Phil Hammond
4.2 out of 5 stars (12)  £5.24
The House of God (Black Swan)

The House of God (Black Swan)

by Samuel Shem
4.3 out of 5 stars (13)  £5.99
A Paramedic's Diary: Life and Death on the Streets: Life and Death in London

A Paramedic's Diary: Life and Death on the Streets: Life and Death in London

by Stuart Gray
4.8 out of 5 stars (17)  £5.59
› Explore similar items

Product details

  • Paperback: 304 pages
  • Publisher: Hodder Paperbacks (7 Aug 2008)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0340962054
  • ISBN-13: 978-0340962053
  • Product Dimensions: 19.6 x 12.8 x 2.4 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars See all reviews (32 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 4,641 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

    •  Would you like to update product info or give feedback on images?

Customers Viewing This Page May Be Interested in These Sponsored Links

  (What is this?)
Junior Doctor PDA
   www.medicmate.com    MedicMate - Create a patient list, store guidelines, handover and more 
JuniorDr Magazine
   www.juniordr.com    Read the UK's largest free magazine for junior doctors! 
Trust Me I'm A Doctor
   www.CafePress.co.uk    Unique & Affordable T-shirts, Mugs, Posters & more. We ship worldwide! 
  
 

Product Description

Review
'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 )

Product Description
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.

Max Pemberton is a doctor. He writes a weekly column for the Daily Telegraph. (20080217)

See all Product Description

Tags Customers Associate with This Product

 (What's this?)
Click on a tag to find related items, discussions, and people.
Check the boxes next to the tags you consider relevant or enter your own tags in the field below
(1)
See all 2 tags...

Your tags: Add your first tag
 
See most popular tags

What Do Customers Ultimately Buy After Viewing This Item?

Trust Me, I'm a (Junior) Doctor
88% buy the item featured on this page:
Trust Me, I'm a (Junior) Doctor 4.3 out of 5 stars (32)
£5.59
Bedside Stories: Confessions of a Junior Doctor
5% buy
Bedside Stories: Confessions of a Junior Doctor 4.1 out of 5 stars (10)
£5.39
In Stitches: The Highs and Lows of Life as an AandE Doctor
4% buy
In Stitches: The Highs and Lows of Life as an AandE Doctor 4.7 out of 5 stars (46)
£3.99
The House of God (Black Swan)
2% buy
The House of God (Black Swan) 4.3 out of 5 stars (13)
£5.99
Explore similar items
 

Customer Reviews

32 Reviews
5 star:
 (18)
4 star:
 (9)
3 star:
 (3)
2 star:
 (2)
1 star:    (0)
 
 
 
 
 
Average Customer Review
4.3 out of 5 stars (32 customer reviews)
 
 
 
 
Share your thoughts with other customers:
Most Helpful Customer Reviews

 
8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Brings back memories..., 28 April 2008
By R. Harrison - See all my reviews
(REAL NAME)   
This review is from: Trust Me, I'm a (Junior) Doctor (Paperback)
This book is scarily accurate. Scary, in that it reminds me of my house officer days, and scary in that it reveals to the layman (and woman) the enormous naivety of the junior doctor on the first few days and weeks at work. However, this is not something to be hidden, and the author is to be commended for his brutal honesty. (For the record, we're not related, and I've never heard of him before, let alone met him!)

I'm not sure if this will appeal more to fellow doctors, who will remember everything Dr Pemberton all-too-well recalls, and laugh and cry at it, or to members of the public, who will see behind the eyes of the terrified junior doctor, facing disease, expectation and impossibility all at once.

I'm not sure what is meant by the contributor who thought House of God more representative of the NHS. For one, House of God is a much older book. Two, it is set in the USA. Three, it is a satire, whereas this, I promise you, is as real as life (and death) gets.

Buy it for your doctor friend, and he or she will thank you. Then borrow it.
Comment Comment | Permalink | Was this review helpful to you? Yes No (Report this)



 
10 of 11 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Thought Provoking, 26 Mar 2008
By David Cranson (Hereford, UK) - See all my reviews
(TOP 1000 REVIEWER)    (REAL NAME)      
This review is from: Trust Me, I'm a (Junior) Doctor (Paperback)
Boris Johnson is quoted as saying this is "Painfully Funny" Well . . . yes and no.

Rather, it is a thoughful, well-written, worrying account of life for a junior doctor in his first after qualifying. There are actually very few genuinely laugh-out-loud moments, however the stories Dr Pemberton regales us with will make you smile, frown, laugh, almost cry . . .

If this is a true reflection of how the NHS is run - and treats it's Junior Doctors, then it is almost beyond belief that more people haven't died, and that more doctors aren't leaving in their droves.

There are stories of abuse, love, hate, fear, laughter, joy, discouragment - from colleagues and from patients. There are moments when you want to cry out in anger and frustration along with the autor. There are moments when you will laugh out loud. There are moments when you will shake your head in disbelief.

You may find yourself agreeing with the author - and others in the book - that things could be done so much better, if it wasn't for political creed and expediency - from all sides of the political spectrum.

I would recommend this book to everyone who is considering a career in medicine. I would recommend it to evey politician and management consultant. To every Clinician, nurse, medical consultant and patient (past present or future).

This book is a damning indictment of the way the NHS is run now, and it is also uplifting. It is uplifting to understand that there are still dedicated people out there who want to work in our hospitals and put up with political interfering and the aggrevation from patients and senior doctors.

Like the author I believe that the NHS is a good thing, and must be saved at all costs. However, also like the author I dispare sometimes of the way it is being treated.
Comment Comment | Permalink | Was this review helpful to you? Yes No (Report this)



 
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Very funny and thought provoking, 20 Feb 2008
By B. Fisher (London) - See all my reviews
(REAL NAME)   
This review is from: Trust Me, I'm a (Junior) Doctor (Paperback)
The book is hilariously, if sometimes painfully funny! At times you wonder how anybody gets through the training to be a doctor in the first place. Max highlights the feelings and experiences of a junior doctor in his first year in hospital; sometimes terrifying, sometimes rewarding - often farcical!
Although it is very funny - it is also very thought provoking, and Max ranges from government targets to local bureaucracy, always highlighting the effect these have on patient care. This is definitely not just a book for those working in the NHS. It opened my eyes as to just how hectic and chaotic it must be for doctors and nurses. Max obviously cares deeply about the NHS and his patients. For all the scrapes he gets in to - you'd certainly want him as your doctor!
Comment Comment | Permalink | Was this review helpful to you? Yes No (Report this)


Share your thoughts with other customers: Create your own review
 
 
 
Most Recent Customer Reviews

4.0 out of 5 stars Funny med stories
Bought this for my sister, she's a med student going into her final year. She says lots of her course mates have read it: it's funny and interesting, apparently!
Published 6 days ago by L. Murphy

4.0 out of 5 stars Like the NHS really
Ultimately a very good if not a great book.

It is well written which is of course a blessing. Read more
Published 18 days ago by M. R. Jones

4.0 out of 5 stars Worryingly Compelling
This account of a junior doctor's first year in a hospital taken from Max Pemberton's column in the Telegraph is compulsively page turning. Read more
Published 1 month ago by Mrs. K. A. Wheatley

4.0 out of 5 stars stick with it ...
this is the second book in a row I nearly gave up on but am glad I stuck with. For some reason I didn't think I'd get much out of it at the start, but you really do end up feeling... Read more
Published 2 months ago by Chris Miller

4.0 out of 5 stars Pleasure and Pain
This is an easy to read account of the first year of a Junior Doctor in what seems to be a typical NHS hospital where names have been changed to protect the innocent. Read more
Published 5 months ago by J. Mcgregor

2.0 out of 5 stars Informative read, but could have been better written
This is a journal by a junior doctor documenting his first year in the NHS wards based on his real experience. Read more
Published 6 months ago by O. Cheng

5.0 out of 5 stars Thought-provoking, emotional and funny
In short, this is the best book I've read in a long time.

The author has an ability to switch flawlessly between great humour and very serious, thought-provoking... Read more
Published 6 months ago by James Bell

4.0 out of 5 stars Modern tale of junior doctor life
I bought this book expecting another depressing and cynical account of life as a junior doctor but I was pleasantly surprised. Read more
Published 6 months ago by M. Thornton

5.0 out of 5 stars Trust me BUY IT!!
Basically this book is amazing!! I dont read a lot but i'd booked to go away on holiday and needed a book to take so i was walking round the book store and saw this book, i just... Read more
Published 8 months ago by C. Bowman

5.0 out of 5 stars An excellent read
I enjoyed reading the read. It was funny, witty and light reading. I now understand what happens within the NHS and a hospital, life of a junior doctor, disease, old age, death... Read more
Published 9 months ago by S. Gunasekera

Only search this product's reviews


Customer Discussions

 Beta (What's this?)
This product's forum (0 discussions)
  Discussion Replies Latest Post
  No discussions yet

Ask questions, Share opinions, Gain insight
Start a new discussion
Topic:
First post:
Prompts for sign-in
  [Cancel]


Active discussions in related forums
   
Related forums

Listmania!

Create a Listmania! list

Look for similar items by category

Feedback

Fun for Everyone

Christmas Gifts
Achieve over 15,000 RPM with our great range of Powerballs.

›Shop the Powerball store

  

Let Olay Amaze You

Olay Total Effects Day Moisturiser SPF15 50ml
Amazon.co.uk sells all your favourite ranges from Olay, including Regenerist and Total Effects.

›Discover Olay at Amazon.co.uk

  

Train Hard...Play Hard

Nike, Gola, Converse, and more
Gear up with up to 60% off athletic and outdoor shoes.

›Shop now

  

Treat Someone

Amazon.co.uk Gift Certificates--available in any amount from £5 to £500 With an Amazon.co.uk Gift Certificate, you can get them what they want (even if you don't know what that is).

›Learn more about Gift Certificates

  
Ad

Where's My Stuff?

Delivery and Returns

Need Help?

Your Recent History

  (What's this?)
You have no recently viewed items or searches.

After viewing product detail pages or search results, look here to find an easy way to navigate back to pages you are interested in.

Look to the right column to find helpful suggestions for your shopping session.
Continue Shopping: Top Sellers
The Girl Who Played with Fire
The Girl Who Played with Fire by Stieg Larsson
4.5 out of 5 stars (73)£3.86
 Breaking Dawn (Twilight Saga)
Breaking Dawn (Twilight Saga) by Stephenie Meyer
4.1 out of 5 stars (462)£6.49
 The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson
4.1 out of 5 stars (164)£3.99
 The Host
The Host by Stephenie Meyer
4.2 out of 5 stars (80)£3.86

amazon.co.uk Amazon Home
International Sites:  United States  |  Germany  |  France  |  Japan  |  Canada  |  China
Business Programs: Sell on Amazon  |  Fulfilment by Amazon  |  Join Associates  |  Join Advantage
Customer Service  |  Help  |  View Basket  |  Your Account
About Amazon.co.uk  |  Careers at Amazon
Conditions of Use & Sale |  Privacy Notice  © 1996-2009, Amazon.com, Inc. and its affiliates