Stitched Up
- Author Dr Shahed Yousaf
- Narrator Homer Todiwala
- Publisher Transworld
- Run Time 8 hours and 24 minutes
- Format Audio
- Genre Doctor/patient relationship, Memoirs, Occupational and industrial psychology, True crime.
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What to expect
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Dr Shahed Yousaf is a prison doctor dedicated to caring for people on the margins of society. An outsider on the inside, in Stitched Up he introduces us to a cast of unforgettable characters, including killers, con men and auto-cannibals. To Dr Yousaf, they are patients first and prisoners second - because any one of us could end up on the wrong side of the law. He tells us honestly and compassionately what it's like to be their doctor in a system that's chronically overcrowded, drastically under-resourced and all too easy to ignore.
Dr Yousaf spends his time running between emergencies - from overdoses to assaults, from cell fires to suicides - with one hand perpetually hovering over the panic button. It's not a job for the faint-hearted. But while the system is failing, he and his colleagues are doing their very best to prop it up.
In stories that are frequently harrowing, sometimes humorous and always hard-hitting, we discover how difficult life is for those behind bars - but that there is still hope for all those who dare to care.
© Dr Shahed Yousaf 2022 (P) Penguin Audio 2022
Critics Review
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A raw and honest glimpse into the frightening but rewarding life of a prison GP. Stories that will curl your toes, make you laugh out loud and break your heart all at the same time. Dr Y is everything we would ever want in our own GP – caring, pragmatic, self-effacing and hugely competent. What a tour-de-force!
Professor Dame Sue Black -
Written with wit and humility this extraordinary account of life as a prison doctor is the sort of book that has you reaching for the internet halfway through a paragraph. The detail, the stories, the statistics. ‘That can’t be true, can it?’ Yes it is. Whatever you think you know about prison, a Yousaf’s memoir will open your eyes and your heart and make you wish things were different. There’s laughter (bright and grim), redemption and much heart on the pages and whatever your view of locking people up, you will come away wiser and more compassionate after reading Stitched Up.
Kit de Waal
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