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Book review: Timor Mortis: How we Live with Death

"I personally am in favour of assisted dying and am a director of the organisation Dignity in Dying, which campaigns for a change in the law. However, I am wary of doctors who admit to hastening someone’s death because it clouds the
28 October 2026
4 mins read

Book review: Intervals

"... I found this an inspiring account of what it means to care and to be cared for by a loving relative. Brooker’s brilliant book blends care ethics, philosophy, grief, and practical wisdom, offering GPs and primary care teams a different perspective
30 August 2025
1 min read

Book review: Kaiser Frederick’s Throat

"In this historical novel, Mike Pringle, former Royal College of General Practitioners Chair of Council and President, has written a gripping tale of how professional and political rivalry led to the mismanagement of Queen Victoria’s son-in-law with devastating consequences ..."
6 August 2025
1 min read
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Eating animals, by Jonathan Safran Foer

This life-changing book is not a polemic in the strident sense. It aims to answer the questions of where the meat that is consumed by humans comes from, how it is produced and what economic and environmental effects this has.
25 July 2025
2 mins read
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Ethical Erosion

As a profession, our inability—or perhaps reluctance—to step back and reflect on practices that may need to change has no doubt contributed to our ethical erosion. But we are capable of change and reform both individually and collectively...
23 June 2025
5 mins read

A Story is a Deal, by Will Storr

To echo the book’s strapline, I would urge anyone who needs to lead, motivate and persuade to read A Story is a Deal and put into practice many of the learnings that Storr provides in this practical and compelling book.
21 June 2025
2 mins read
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Book review: The Ghosts of A and E

"it was wonderful to attend the launch of Nicky Carter's first book of poetry, The Ghosts of A and E, in Liverpool a few weeks ago. Hearing them read by the author was a real privilege and took us all to those
1 March 2025
4 mins read

Book review: Elizabeth is Missing

"It raises timely questions regarding the concept on a 'use by' date to a life. It stirs in us the realisation that despite not having 'capacity' to make decisions about medical or financial affairs, a patient may nonetheless be immersed in a
15 February 2025
2 mins read
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Poems of hope, beauty, and friendship

In John Walker Smith's poetry the reader is drawn into the narrative through his conversational approach which permeates the prose.He aims to speak to the reader and offers avenues for reflection, providing comfort and counsel.
18 January 2025
1 min read

Book review: Shattered: a Memoir

"It is a humbling, funny, graphic, lewd, and humane account of the enduring will to live and to thrive." – Maryam Naeem reviews Shattered by Hanif Kureishi
20 December 2024
5 mins read
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Rebalancing Medicine by Neal Maskrey

Rebalancing Medicine can seem an impossible task. This book describes, often from personal experience, how the political fashions of the last decades first facilitated and then debilitated the essential workings of the NHS. Richard Lehman reviews.
14 December 2024
4 mins read

All the Little Bird-Hearts by Viktoria Lloyd-Barlow

We all need to help each other to understand how neurodiversity makes people feel and this is the ideal book to do that. Written in the first person, the protagonist describes routine activities and life events affecting her as a single mum
3 November 2024
3 mins read
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