34 Patients, Tom Templeton
34 Patients, Tom Templeton
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34 Patients
The profound and uplifting memoir about the patients who changed one doctor’s life

Author: Tom Templeton

Narrator: Tom Templeton

Unabridged: 8 hr 24 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Penguin

Published: 05/27/2021


Synopsis

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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

Reviews

Goodreads review by Valerie on June 08, 2021

Phew! Not often a book moves you to tears in the first few pages and continues to do so for the next 300 or so. I’ve always had the greatest respect for the medical profession (I’ve been the lucky recipient of their help on more than one occasion) but this book left me humbled, grateful and profound......more

Goodreads review by Tina on October 30, 2021

Another medic talking about his experiences. Some interesting stories, many about mental health, the author also ventures into the start of the pandemic. Notable were the instances of abuses of the NHS. I’m sure Nye Bevan hadn’t envisaged it’s precious resources being dwindled away by time wasters a......more

Goodreads review by Dottie on January 11, 2024

big memoir gal......more

Goodreads review by Zed on June 26, 2022

Have a box of tissues ready! As someone fresh out of medical school, I recommend this book to everyone, but especially to those in the medical field or those planning to enter it. The author is honest about the realities of medicine, he’s a deep thinker and has retained his empathy, something that u......more


Quotes

Wonderful - insightful and compassionate

An admirably told story The Spectator

Informative and personal, humbling and healing Observer