Sick Notes True Stories from the GP Surgery eBook Dr Tony Copperfield
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EVER wondered what your doctor really thinks about you? Or why you can’t get an appointment? Or what that funny buzzing noise in your ear is?
Sick Notes – the real-life story of life in a doctor’s surgery – may help with some answers…
'We wanted to thank you for all you did for mum over the last 14 years,' said Mrs Cobham.
Excitedly, I peered into the plastic bag. Inside was one small loaf of sliced bread.
'Er...' I stammered. 'Well, that's lovely.'
She nodded and smiled. 'It was the least we could do, doctor,' she said.
Welcome to the bizarre world of Tony Copperfield, family doctor.
He spends his days fending off anxious mums, elderly sex maniacs and hopeless hypochondriacs.
The rest of his time is taken up sparring with colleagues, battling bureaucrats and banging his head against the brick wall of the NHS.
If you've ever wondered what your GP is really thinking - and what's going on behind the scenes at your surgery - SICK NOTES is for you.
'A wonderful book, funny and insightful in equal measure.' Dr Phil Hammond (Private Eye’s ‘MD’).
'Copperfield is simply fantastic, unbelievably funny and improbably wise... everything he writes is truer than fact.' British Medical Journal.
'Original, funny and an incredible read.' The Sun
'A mix of the hilarious, the mundane and the poignant. Dr Copperfield reveals what goes on behind those surgery doors.' The Daily Mail
Sick Notes True Stories from the GP Surgery eBook Dr Tony Copperfield
This is an interesting and amusing account of a British general practitioner's daily practice. It does, as other reviewers have mentioned, include many comments about Britain's system of socialized medicine. But that's because the system controls and monitors the daily practices of British doctors down to minute details; it is no longer possible to talk about what doctors there do without explaining that the bureaucracy makes them do those things. The author seems respectful of the system but frustrated by its bureaucracy.As to patients the author's attitude is the same as that of most American primary-care physicians -- empathy and concern mixed with frustration at the fact that so much of his time is spent tending to the supposed needs of the small percentage of people who, for reasons often more psychological than physical, spend large amounts of time going to doctors.
This is written for a British audience; a few slang words and expressions will be mysterious to American readers. The prose is sometimes a bit choppy and many of the chapter divisions are idiosyncratic but the book is enjoyable and easy to read.
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Sick Notes True Stories from the GP Surgery eBook Dr Tony Copperfield Reviews
That's how far I managed to get in this book and that was only by skipping through a lot of pages. Like another reviewer said, I was expecting stories about a doctor and his patients and instead got a lot of tedious complaining about the British health care system.
This book has value only for those who want a governmental universal health care system and that's to show them the error of their ways. It's so bad, I'm returning it for a refund.
Some interesting cases.but was put off by his diatribes about the health-care system.I have read other stories that are more interesting and easier to read.
Informative and occasionally amusing. Occasionally a bit boring.. Gave me insight into having a better attitude when next visiting my GP and keeping to the point and never again saying "oh, and while I"m here..."
Peppered with tales that made me weep with laughter. This is an accurate representation of the issues that beset GPs.
Well worth reading. I bought this for my and was delighted with it. It's set in England and tells about the life of a doctor in general practice.
Sick Notes True Stories from the GP's Surgery
This book is brilliantly written.
It is highly entertaining and educational.
I highly recommend it for anyone who wonders why our medical system is so inefficient.
(I live in Canada but our system is just as ridiculous.)
ATD
I had expected a book of interesting anecdotes, but found they were just used as the vehicle for delivering lectures on the problems and failures of the British health system. I don't live in Britain and found these tedious and irrelevant.
This is an interesting and amusing account of a British general practitioner's daily practice. It does, as other reviewers have mentioned, include many comments about Britain's system of socialized medicine. But that's because the system controls and monitors the daily practices of British doctors down to minute details; it is no longer possible to talk about what doctors there do without explaining that the bureaucracy makes them do those things. The author seems respectful of the system but frustrated by its bureaucracy.
As to patients the author's attitude is the same as that of most American primary-care physicians -- empathy and concern mixed with frustration at the fact that so much of his time is spent tending to the supposed needs of the small percentage of people who, for reasons often more psychological than physical, spend large amounts of time going to doctors.
This is written for a British audience; a few slang words and expressions will be mysterious to American readers. The prose is sometimes a bit choppy and many of the chapter divisions are idiosyncratic but the book is enjoyable and easy to read.
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