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Bedside Stories: Confessions of a Junior Doctor | 
 enlarge | Author: Michael Foxton
Publisher: Atlantic Books
Category: Book
List Price: £8.99
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Rating:  9 reviews
Sales Rank: 10523
Media: Paperback
Pages: 224
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.4
Dimensions (in): 7.6 x 5.1 x 0.6
ISBN: 1843540320
Dewey Decimal Number: 920
EAN: 9781843540328
ASIN: 1843540320
Publication Date: October 9, 2003
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 It is really like this..... May 31, 2007
Gibsy hesperis (UK)
9 out of 9 found this review helpful
Although it may be unpalatable to many, this is exactly what it was ( ?is) like to be junior doctor...I know i was one.
I'm now a consultant and things haven't changed much (other than for the worse)
Read it if you want to get a true perspective as opposed to the nonsense in Holby City, Casualty etc
Whilst you're at it take a look at the Cardiac Arrest series from the 90's now on DVD -- probaly the best hospital TV series ever made
 Important reading for doctors in training February 20, 2007
Clement Rodgers (England)
9 out of 11 found this review helpful
As a medical teacher I was keen to add my thoughts having
just read this book. Like other reviewers I found aspects of this book
negative, missing out a lot of the positive
points out about being a junior doctor.
Having said that there are some parts of the book which were very valuable.
Suicide among doctors is a real issue and it is vital all
doctors, particularly junior doctors, read the section on
pages 80-82; "Suicide is Painless". He writes; "So if
you're a doctor and you think it it's all over and your
whole world has gone irretrievably pear-shaped, I say
this: Bail out. Don't kill yourself. Leave your job. .....
Reclaim your life: have it over again. You're young.
You'll make new friends."
If you have issues relating to views on health service
managers, then read page 118.
And finally, a useful
quotation; "Accident and Emergency is the random anecdote
generator of the NHS, the strange attractor to which all
ridiculousness will gravitate." (Page 68)
The book is well worth a read, particularly for doctors in training.
Hilarious December 12, 2005
Clara (London England)
18 out of 19 found this review helpful
This is the only book that tells it like it is about being a junior doctor in the UK. It's funny and dark. A must-read for all doctors and would-be doctors out there.
 unrelentless ranting March 22, 2005
HannaLucy
8 out of 25 found this review helpful
This book is more or less a long, bitter rant. Now there are times when I like that kind of thing, but the negativity is overwhelming here, and incessant! There are some insights into life as a junior doctor to be gleaned if you are not a doctor and there is some (I think almost accidental) comment on real issues about the downsides of medical training. However I am in two minds as to whether I really learnt anything new or indeed if I enjoyed the read. This is a book to borrow from a friend or take out of the library, I don't think I'd buy it again though I am glad I read it.
 Humorous to Cynical in 60 seconds October 30, 2004
Anna (UK)
10 out of 39 found this review helpful
This book started out as an entertaining and humorous account about life as a junior doctor, and quickly disintegrated into a cynical and negative assault on nurses and patients - the very people vital to Foxton's success and employment. Do your health a favour and give it a miss.
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