It's been a bit of an odd week - really busy both at work and in the evenings. This has cut severely into my reading time - grabbing 10 or 15 mins over breakfast or before bed. However, have managed to finish another book. It's Confessions of a GP, by Benjamin Daniels (a pseudonym), which I have read as an Ebook on my Kindle. This has turned out to be a great book for my hectic week as it has really short chapters, each giving an incite into the daily routine of a GP and his thoughts on everything and anything that he comes across from the many hundreds of patients that he has seen in his time as a doctor (from medical school through to GP-dom), as well as thoughts on how to improve things within the NHS! We flit from care in the community, to a woman obsessed with Tom Jones, to STD's and sore knees - with the odd smattering of people who are just lonely and need a bit of a chat. Bringing to light the random, unexpected, and sometimes dangerous nature of being on the frontline for people who GP's only tends to see when they are not at their best! A very interesting read - funny, tragic, thought-provoking ... it's all there. If nothing else, it serves to remind you that GPs are human beings with their own lives, loves, likes and dislikes. I'll certainly remember that the next time I visit my local surgery.
The stats bit:
Length - 560 kbs (Ebook); 336 pages (standard print).
Price I paid - £2.99 (Amazon Kindle Shop).
Other formats available in - print; audio cassette; audio CD; audio download.
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