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34 Patients
- Author
- Tom Templeton
- Narrator
- Tom Templeton
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Publish Date
- 27 May 2021
- Run Time
- 8 hours 25 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
What to expect
Brought to you by Penguin.
A profound and moving portrait of one doctor's life and work in the NHS.
We ask so much of our doctors.
To heal. To trust. To care. To listen.
To tell a man he might be dead tomorrow. To help a man who doesn't want to live.
To look into a parent's panicked eyes as their tiny daughter fights for every breath.
To watch a 103-year-old woman slip away from a life well-lived.
Doctors know our deepest secrets, our private worries and our most vulnerable moments. But they listen to all of us, and under their gaze we are all equally worthy of help.
34 Patients is the breathtaking and uplifting memoir of a doctor who dares to look closer at a crowded waiting room, and value each soul and story he encounters. Through stories of the patients he has helped and lost, and those who have changed him for ever, Dr Tom Templeton weaves a profound and moving portrait of humanity, asking us to treat all with compassion.
"Wonderful - insightful and compassionate" - Dr Richard Shepherd, author of Unnatural Causes
© Tom Templeton 2021 (P) Penguin Audio 2021
Critics Review
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Wonderful - insightful and compassionate
Dr Richard Shepherd, bestselling author of Unnatural Causes
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An admirably told story
The Spectator
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Informative and personal, humbling and healing
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Details
- Author
- Tom Templeton
- Narrator
- Tom Templeton
- Duration
- 8 hours 25 minutes
- Release Date
- 27 May 2021
- ISBN
- 9781405948920
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Genre
- Autobiography: science, technology and medicine, Memoirs, Doctor / patient relationship, Popular medicine and health, Health, illness or addiction: social aspects, Family and health, Age groups: children, Age groups: adolescents, Age groups: adults, Age groups: the elderly / old age
Synopsis
Brought to you by Penguin.A profound and moving portrait of one doctor's life and work in the NHS.We ask so much of our doctors.To heal. To trust. To care. To listen.To tell a man he might be dead tomorrow. To help a man who doesn't want to live.To look into a parent's panicked eyes as their tiny daughter fights for every breath.To watch a 103-year-old woman slip away from a life well-lived. Doctors know our deepest secrets, our private worries and our most vulnerable moments. But they listen to all of us, and under their gaze we are all equally worthy of help.34 Patients is the breathtaking and uplifting memoir of a doctor who dares to look closer at a crowded waiting room, and value each soul and story he encounters. Through stories of the patients he has helped and lost, and those who have changed him for ever, Dr Tom Templeton weaves a profound and moving portrait of humanity, asking us to treat all with compassion."Wonderful - insightful and compassionate" - Dr Richard Shepherd, author of Unnatural Causes© Tom Templeton 2021 (P) Penguin Audio 2021
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