34 Patients
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Publisher Description
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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
APPLE BOOKS REVIEW
In a post-pandemic world, frontline staff and our mental health are two things we’ve come to value more than ever. GP Tom Templeton’s reflections and case notes on 34 different patients—stretching from a 103-year-old woman to a baby—are essential reading on both themes. Throughout Templeman brings us illuminating insight into the work of doctors and a compelling call for better compassion and understanding when dealing with mental well-being The stories are by turns, heartbreaking, shocking and often funny but, most of all, it’s incredibly uplifting to hear the portraits they paint of human resilience and the love that surrounds many of the patients.
