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34 Patients

The profound and uplifting memoir about the patients who changed one doctor’s life

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34 Patients

By: Tom Templeton
Narrated by: Tom Templeton
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Brought to you by Penguin.

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

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Critic reviews

Wonderful - insightful and compassionate (Dr Richard Shepherd, bestselling author of Unnatural Causes)
An admirably told story
Informative and personal, humbling and healing
All stars
Most relevant
A sympathetic and informative first hand view of the experiences of a Doctor providing an insight into the issues and fate of his patients that unless exposed we rarely if ever contemplate. I enjoyed the diversity and well presented structure. The Final chapter on how to seek help and advice is invaluable. The statistics however are somewhat sobering. Highly recommended.

Enlightening

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An amazing and bold Doctor's perspective on a cross-section of their patients at various stages of life and health.

Tom's narration of his own work breathes life into the 'book'.

My own (patient) experience of doctors in England has been quite positive and Tom is a great example of the best of these.

I recommend this book for anyone considering a career in the medical profession here as well as for anyone else with the slightest curiosity about what a typical doctor may encounter or looking to hear about those 34 patients - that 0.00005% (approx) of the UK population which were selected my Dr. Templeton between them represent illnesses and afflictions which will impact all of us (directly or indirectly) in our lifetimes.

Thanks, Tom, Dr. Templeton for taking the time to write the book and, later, narrate it so well.

One, tiny, tiny issue with the Audiobook is that the Epilogue is repeated - a bonus 1min 51 secs some may say :)

Touching, relatable and revealing - Excellent

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I liked this book and I found the stories really interesting but, I wish some of the chapters were longer. I found some stories fell short and I would have liked to learn more about the specific individuals illness. Other stories went on a tad to long. On the whole though the book was well written and well read.

Enjoyable

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Absolutely brilliant ! Highly recommended. A different view of 34 lives through medical eyes.

Amazing

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What I liked about this book was there was no melodrama just different cases told from a physical mental and spiritual side.

Each case was unique and stated from birth to old age.

Dr Templetons voice was easy on the ear, and he chose cases that would spark interest for most people,

No melodrama

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