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The Blurb On The Back:
”I am a junior doctor. It is 4 a.m. I have run arrest calls, treated life-threatening bleeding, held the hand of a young woman dying of cancer, scuttled down miles of dim corridors wanting to sob with sheer exhaustion, forgotten to eat, forgotten to drink, drawn on every fibre of strength that I possess to keep my patients safe from harm.”
Rachel Clarke’s incredible memoir follows her journey as a junior doctor, offering a glimpse into a life spent between the dissection room and the mortuary, the bedside and the doctors’ mess, exposing stark realities about today’s NHS and what it means to be entrusted with carrying another’s life in your hands.
Rachel was at the forefront of the historic junior doctor strikes in 2016, campaigning against the government and arguing across the press that imposing a contract on young doctors would irrevocably damage the NHS.
This book affects us all.
( The Review (Cut For Spoilers): )
The Verdict:
In this memoir Rachel Clarke sets out her experiences as a junior doctor training and working in the NHS but while it’s strong in the pressures it lacks the insight and detail that would make this the searing political account that it seems to want to be.
YOUR LIFE IN MY HANDS was released in the United Kingdom on 13th July 2017. Thanks to the Amazon Vine Programme for the ARC of this book.
Rachel Clarke’s incredible memoir follows her journey as a junior doctor, offering a glimpse into a life spent between the dissection room and the mortuary, the bedside and the doctors’ mess, exposing stark realities about today’s NHS and what it means to be entrusted with carrying another’s life in your hands.
Rachel was at the forefront of the historic junior doctor strikes in 2016, campaigning against the government and arguing across the press that imposing a contract on young doctors would irrevocably damage the NHS.
This book affects us all.
( The Review (Cut For Spoilers): )
The Verdict:
In this memoir Rachel Clarke sets out her experiences as a junior doctor training and working in the NHS but while it’s strong in the pressures it lacks the insight and detail that would make this the searing political account that it seems to want to be.
YOUR LIFE IN MY HANDS was released in the United Kingdom on 13th July 2017. Thanks to the Amazon Vine Programme for the ARC of this book.
