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The Cure for Good Intentions

A Doctor's Story

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The Cure for Good Intentions

By: Sophie Harrison
Narrated by: Sophie Harrison
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'When I was twenty-eight I trained as a doctor. Initially everyone was interested. Amazing! people said, when I told them. What made you do that? I couldn't find a short answer. Sometimes I said, "I had a revelation on a beach." It was partly true'

The Cure for Good Intentions is about a life-changing decision. Sophie gave up her job as an editor at a prestigious literary magazine and put herself through medical school and hospital training before eventually becoming a GP. From peaceful office days spent writing tactful comments on manuscripts she entered a world that spoke an entirely different language. She was now inside scenes familiar from television and books - long corridors, busy wards, stern consultants, anxious patients - but what was her part in it all? Back in the community as a brand-new GP, the same question grew ever more pressing.

This is a book about how a doctor is made: it asks what a doctor does, and what a doctor is. What signifies a doctor: a caring-yet-brisk bedside manner? A mode of dress? A stethoscope? A firm way with a prescription pad? What is empathy, and what does it achieve? How do we deal with pain, our own and other people's? The Cure is an outsider's look at the inside of a profession that has never been so scrutinised, or so misunderstood.©2021 Sophie Harrison Medical Medicine & Health Care Industry Physical Illness & Disease Professionals & Academics Women Medicine Medical Education
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Dr Harrison' s story has really touched me as a former hospital nurse with a fascination for all things medical. Her kind, compassionate attitude, along with a simple narrative style full of ironic observations, kept me glued to my Audible. She has a lovely voice and is so unpretentious, it is very appealing to listen to her. The truth of this book will be evident to anyone who has been on the frontline of healthcare, without the author being in the least bit weary or cynical. Even COVID, the subject of our closing chapter, leaves Dr Harrison undaunted and resourceful. I am full of admiration.

A truly wonderful memoir, beautifully narrated

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It was interesting to hear the authors perceptions of hospital and GP kand. I agree with her though I was odd so thanks for affirming. .I am a pharmacist who had worked mostly in hospital and have just started doing a day in a GP surgery. I have also trained as a nurse. We need to have more insight and awareness about the issues of others professionals.
Sophie doscusses how it felt to be a mother with her training. It would have interesting to hear about she felt motherhood changed the views of her peers and seniors -the next book maybe?

a different angle.

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Learned lots of facts, loved that the author read her book.
Interesting, informative, and funny at times.

How much more I understand a GP’s job!

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This book was excellent, really very well written, frank, funny, sad and real. A great warts and all story from the decision to enter onto the medical path through to training, working on the wards and being a GP even through covid. Nice snippets of balancing homelife too - her husband 'R' sounds like an interesting chap! Looking forward to reading (and hearing!) more from this author.

Brilliant 'eyes through a doctor' book!

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Enjoyable and informative,
Well performed.
Read in 2 sessions.
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good interesting listen

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