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

by Max Pemberton (Author)
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  • 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: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (36 customer reviews)
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'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 )


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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)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Thought Provoking, 26 Mar 2008
By David Cranson (Hereford, UK) - See all my reviews
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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.
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9 of 11 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
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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.
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6 of 7 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
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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!
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3.0 out of 5 stars Ok
It's an interesting book, which gives a good insight into the life of a junior doctor, but doesn't really have a story to it. Read more
Published 1 month ago by Vic H

5.0 out of 5 stars Very entertaining
Pemberton's book is a cracking read, and I found it compelling, and in places, somewhat humbling. As said below, this book is indeed a damning indictment of the NHS, and I am not... Read more
Published 2 months ago by Alex W

5.0 out of 5 stars couldn't put the book down
I thought this book was brilliant. The diary format is easy to follow. It made me believe even more in the authenticity of what Doctor Pemberton says. Read more
Published 2 months ago by Ms. J. R. Dresser

5.0 out of 5 stars A good read
I saw this book in a second-hand bookshop and bought it, even though I'd never heard of the author. I've no friends or acquaintances in the medical profession (now I know why -... Read more
Published 2 months ago by Bad Bear

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 4 months 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 4 months 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 5 months 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 6 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 10 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 10 months ago by O. Cheng

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