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Is There a Doctor Here?: An Omnibus

London Call-Out and Doctor in the House

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Is There a Doctor Here?: An Omnibus

By: Alex Rudd
Narrated by: Frazer Blaxland
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The two best-selling memoirs (London Call-Out and Doctor in the House) from London GP Alex Rudd, brought together in one hilarious and touching set.

A man who has injured himself trying out his girlfriend's waxing treatment. The inimitable curiosity of a boy whose cactus has left his hand in a mess. More Googled self-diagnoses than one can count. These are the cases that Rudd faces daily. As hilarious as they are poignant, the memoirs showcase some of the most baffling as well as heartbreaking stories that any doctor and their patients have had to experience.

Alex Rudd is a GP who now works as a locum in a variety of surgeries in London and the rest of the country. His name has been changed to protect the identity of his patients and colleagues.

©2013 Alex Rudd (P)2019 W. F. Howes Ltd Medicine & Health Care Industry Physician & Patient Funny Witty

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It is Well read, some good insights into a different world. A bit bland on occasion.

Interesting

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It was really good- loved it. The only thing is it was a lot shorter than I was expecting- felt like it was kinda crammed together.

Loved it

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Really good book, totally recommend, really gives you an idea of how a locum GP works, really really recommend

Fantastic book

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really interesting tale by this young man about covering gp duties. not sensational just matter of fact , would love to know where he is now

the other side

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I loved listening to this book. It gave an interesting view of the work of a locum doctor and the patients they see and the trials and tribulations they face being a bit of an “outsider” to varying surgeries.
I look forward to listening to some more stories from Alex Rudd.

Loved this book.

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I returned this book almost immediately as if I had listened any more to the narrator I would have been totally depressed. Monotonous is an understatement. The story in the book was probably quite listenable to if it had been read by someone with more than a monotone voice. Disappointed.

Returned after 3 chapters

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Moans about how foreign doctors dont understand english well enough to practice here and yet they are employed. Which is absolute madness, they clearly can or they would not be practising. What a mental racist rant chapter three is. Shame on you Alex Rudd.

The guy is a full blown racist

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I returned this pretty much straight away as soon as he started talking about overseas drs coming over here being a major problem.
The vailed xenophobia bubbled to the surface in a few places. The whole 'France would never put up with this yet Britain welcomes them with open arms' bit made me cringe inwardly at the ignorance on display.
The slightest bit of googling will tell how vital 'foreign' drs are to the NHS & how much we all benefit from their being here.

His stories of visiting patients up to that point were limited but he puts himself across as a total hero, going into people's houses, single handedly freeing them from pain, calming and soothing relatives performing all kinds of heroic acts inc. relieving a man with a catheter that somehow no other human could manage to insert.
At the same time, the way it's written comes across as a bit judgemental. You get the sense he is looking down on his patients & thinks of himself as far superior. He certainly thinks himself far superior to anyone born in a different area of the globe.

I just didn't like it. Can you tell?

This book could have been so much better. If he had stuck to factual anecdotes and not ranted his personal bias opinions it would've been alright. I would've liked to hear more but the inner cringe was too strong.

Xenophobic privileged male Dr is judgey

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