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Also Human
- Narrated by: Rachel Bavidge
- Length: 9 hrs and 25 mins
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Summary
Random House presents the audiobook edition of Also Human by Caroline Elton, read by Rachel Bavidge.
Doctors are the people we turn to when we fall ill. They are the people we trust with our lives and with the lives of those we love. Yet who can doctors turn to at moments of stress or when their own working lives break down?
What does it take to confront death, disease, distress and suffering every day? To work in a health care system that is stretched to breaking point? To carry the responsibility of making decisions that can irrevocably change someone’s life - or possibly end it? And how do doctors cope with their own questions and fears when they are expected to have all the answers?
Caroline Elton is a psychologist who specialises in helping doctors. For over 20 years she has listened as doctors have unburdened themselves of the pressures of their jobs: the obstetrician whose own fertility treatment failed; the trainee oncologist who found herself unable to treat patients suffering from the disease that killed her father; the brilliant neurosurgeon struggling to progress her career in an environment that was hostile to women. Drawing on extraordinary case studies and decades of work supporting clinicians, Also Human presents a provocative, perceptive and deeply humane examination of the modern medical profession.
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- Nuala Staunton
- 05-05-23
Amazing insight into a subject rarely discussed
I’ve really enjoyed hearing all of the different experiences that people have had and how Caroline helps them.
She discusses some really challenging aspects of modern medical training in a way that it’s easy to understand and read.
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- Freddie Grose
- 20-10-21
A fantastic exploration
Having worked as a doctor for the past decade, this book captures many of the struggles that I have seen in myself and my colleagues. It articulates the issues very well. I would certainly recommend it to anyone working in healthcare, or thinking about doing so, or indeed to anyone with an interest in understanding people.
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- Halimah
- 24-08-19
Thank you
Gives me the confidence to ask qns I should have asked almost 10 years ago...
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- Muhammad Khattab
- 09-05-20
Heart touching, incredible!
Trust me, you will love it! Must read, you will never see things the same afterwards.
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- Nathalie S.
- 08-05-18
A must read for educational supervisors of doctors
As a doctor and educator I found this book extremely enlightening. It gives a wonderful insight into the reasons why some doctors and medical students struggle. After reading this book I feel more able to support those in difficulty and have a better idea of how to create an environment that will allow them to flourish.
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- Mrs Stevens
- 20-12-18
A well written and thought provoking book.
Also Human serves as a reminder to doctors we are not infallible, as educators we have a duty of care to our juniors and students who will succeed us, and to the general public who might start to realise we are a resource to use wisely. Take care of us, so we can keep taking the very best care of you. I wish Jeremy Hunt had read this before he unilaterally decimated hundreds of junior doctors’ lives with his ignorant policies!
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- K. E. Upton
- 05-06-24
The environment and systems in medical health care need review.
Support for doctors in negotiating change in work place and demands on them emotionally in their work needs to be put in place to protect patients and doctors alike. The ultra competitive and exam based system continues to promote an attitude of certainty in situations where uncertainty of outcome is the reality and understanding denigrates previous certainties. This book reflects some if the realities which are experienced by many doctors and are unacknowledged by the culture of western medicine as practiced in tge USA and UK. Fascinating and thorough, gives pause for thought.
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- Samantha
- 08-07-18
Strikingly True
As a Junior Doctor 10 years post graduation I was sceptical about this book but curious.
I was struck by the affinity I felt with soooo many of the case examples discussed and the issues discussed.
This really does shin a light on the reality of being a junior doctor working in the nhs, and how much change still needs to happen.
This book shins a light on progress still required, it is very brave, I have great admiration for Caroline and the work she does.
I only wish I had access to her help sooner!!!!!
She does amazing work.
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- Alan
- 27-06-21
Brilliant
For anyone considering a career in medicine this is a must read! The author is arguably the best placed person to give honest insight into the world of medical work.
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- Anonymous User
- 27-07-18
thought provoking, Insightful and much needed
reading as a foundation trainee, the stories of lives in this book has made me appreciate the struggles of my colleagues and my own personal struggles. grateful for Caroline and her patients for sharing the truth behind the stories, doctors are human too.
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