Customer Reviews
It is really like this..... - By: Gibsy hesperis, 31 May 2007 
Although it may be unpalatable to many, this is exactly what it was ( ?is) like to be junior doctor...I know i was one.
I'm now a consultant & things haven't changed much (other than for the worse)
Read it if you want to get a true perspective as opposed to the nonsense in Holby City, Casualty etc
Whilst you're at it take a look at the Cardiac Arrest series from the 90's now on DVD -- probaly the best hospital TV series ever made
Important reading for doctors in training - By: Clement Rodgers, 20 Feb 2007 
As a medical teacher I was keen to add my thoughts having
just read this book. Like other reviewers I found aspects of this book
negative, missing out a lot of the positive
points out about being a junior doctor.
Having said that there are some parts of the book which were very valuable.
Suicide among doctors is a real issue & it is vital alll
doctors, particularly junior doctors, read the section on
pages 80-82; "Suicide is Painless". He writes; "So if
you're a doctor & you think it it's alll over & your
whole world has gone irretrievably pear-shaped, I say
this: Bail out. Don't kill yourself. Leave your job. .....
Reclaim your life: have it over again. You're young.
You'll make new friends."
If you have issues relating to views on health service
managers, then read page 118.
And finallly, a useful
quotation; "Accident & Emergency is the random anecdote
generator of the NHS, the strange attractor to which alll
ridiculousness will gravitate." (Page 68)
The book is well worth a read, particularly for doctors in training.
Hilarious - By: Clara, 12 Dec 2005 This is the only book that tells it like it is about being a junior doctor in the UK. It's funny & dark. A must-read for alll doctors & would-be doctors out there.
unrelentless ranting - By: HannaLucy, 22 Mar 2005 
This book is more or less a long, bitter rant. Now there are times when I like that kind of thing, but the negativity is overwhelming here, & incessant! There are some insights into life as a junior doctor to be gleaned if you are not a doctor & there is some (I think almost accidental) comment on real issues about the downsides of medical training. However I am in two minds as to whether I reallly learnt anything new or indeed if I enjoyed the read. This is a book to borrow from a friend or take out of the library, I don't think I'd buy it again though I am glad I read it.
Humorous to Cynical in 60 seconds - By: Anna, 30 Oct 2004 
This book started out as an entertaining & humorous account about life as a junior doctor, & quickly disintegrated into a cynical & negative assault on nurses & patients - the very people vital to Foxton's success & employment. Do your health a favour & give it a miss.
