Where Does it Hurt?: What the Junior Doctor Did Next by Max Pemberton - Non Fiction - Paperback

Details
Condition: New
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 9780340919934
Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton
Age Range: Adult

Overview
Where Does it Hurt? What the Junior Doctor Did Next is Max Pemberton's candid, funny and moving follow-up to his bestselling debut memoir. Now in his second year as a doctor, Max swaps the hospital ward for the unpredictable world of community outreach, treating some of society's most vulnerable and overlooked people. Written with warmth, wit and unflinching honesty, this paperback memoir offers a rare insider's view of medicine practised far from a hospital's safety, among people the system too often forgets.

About the Book
Having survived his first gruelling year on the wards, Max Pemberton joins the Phoenix Outreach Project, a scheme dedicated to finding and treating patients who fall through the cracks of mainstream healthcare. Armed with little more than a medical bag, endless tea and boundless enthusiasm, he ventures into homeless shelters, squats and the margins of the city to deliver care where it's needed most. Along the way he meets an unforgettable cast, including Molly, an eighty-year-old drugs mule, a man who believes himself to be God, and middle-class mothers quietly dependent on prescription painkillers. Pemberton's writing is sharp, self-deprecating and deeply compassionate, capturing both the absurdity and the tragedy of frontline outreach work. He doesn't shy away from the exhaustion, moral dilemmas and bureaucratic frustration of the job, but nor does he lose sight of the humour and humanity that keep him going. This is a memoir about growing into a doctor and a person, learning that medicine is as much about listening and empathy as diagnosis and treatment. Fans of his debut, Trust Me, I'm a (Junior) Doctor, will recognise the voice, honed here by experience and the harder truths of working with society's most marginalised patients. Where Does it Hurt? is hilarious, heartbreaking and hopeful, a genuine account of medicine practised well beyond hospital doors.

• Written by a practising NHS doctor with genuine frontline experience
• Blends laugh-out-loud humour with real emotional depth
• Offers rare insight into community outreach and social care in the UK
• Perfect follow-up for readers of Pemberton's debut memoir
• Ideal gift for medical students, NHS staff and memoir lovers

About the Author
Max Pemberton is a British doctor, journalist and author who works full-time as a psychiatrist within the NHS. Alongside his medical career, he has written a long-running national newspaper column on health, culture and social issues, bringing clinical experience to a wide readership. His warm, witty and deeply human writing style has made his memoirs bestsellers, offering readers an authentic window into the realities of modern medicine. Where Does it Hurt? continues the story begun in his debut, cementing his reputation as one of Britain's most engaging medical writers.

Why You'll Love This Memoir
Honest, funny and quietly profound, this paperback memoir suits anyone fascinated by real-life medicine, resilience and compassion in action. A brilliant, page-turning read for gift-buyers and memoir fans alike.

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