Confessions of a GP
Benjamin Daniels is angry. He is frustrated, confused, baffled and, quite frequently, very funny.He is also a GP, and these are his confessions.The doctor will see you now…The middle-aged woman troubled by pornographic dreams about Tom Jones.An 80-year-old man who can't remember why he's come to...
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Benjamin Daniels is angry. He is frustrated, confused, baffled and, quite frequently, very funny.He is also a GP, and these are his confessions.The doctor will see you now…The middle-aged woman troubled by pornographic dreams about Tom Jones.An 80-year-old man who can't remember why he's come to see the doctor.A cheating husband who wants the doctor to secretly administer antibiotics to his wife as he thinks he might have given her chlamydia after an affair.The flirtatious transvestite.An elderly gentleman who only wants to stay alive long enough to see the Royal Wedding.The woman with a botched boob job wanting it fixed on the NHS.These are his patients.Confessions of a GP is a witty insight into the life of a family doctor. Funny and moving in equal measure, it will change the way you look at your GP next time you pop in with the sniffles.
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Format: ebook
ISBN:
9780007399345 (0007399340)
Publish date: August 5th 2010
Publisher: HarperCollins
Pages no: 336
Edition language: English
Category:
Non Fiction,
Humor,
Autobiography,
Memoir,
Biography,
Funny,
Comedy,
Health,
Medical,
Biography Memoir,
Medicine
My dad is a GP so this was a pretty funny read that was close to my heart. However, there were some bits- and a lot of people on here seem to agree where the writer was a bit callous about certain diagnoses and about female nurses and doctors. And let's not to forget the instruction that if you want...
Last week I posted a review of Hospital Babylon, the story of one day in an English A&E Department, which I really enjoyed. Because I enjoyed it so much I went through my books on search for something similar, and stumbled across Confessions of a GP, which I picked up a couple of years ago. I was in...
Enjoyable, funny and at times sad. Learned a lot.
I do like a good, reality-based laugh and whilst not explicitly marketed as humour, with a blurb stating the book is very funny and when linked with books such as Trust Me, I’m a (Junior) Doctor, the reader would be justified in expecting a good few laughs. Unfortunately this is where the book was d...
This book wasn't too bad although some bits made uncomfortable reading. Written by Benjamin Daniels, a GP of over 3 years, it's made up of small chapters, 2 - 3 pages long. Some parts were refreshingly honest but I did find Daniels to be quite judgemental. Not a bad read if your not looking for anyt...
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