Bedside Stories

the long version

For two years, Michael Foxton wrote about his experiences as a junior doctor in the NHS for the Guardian. Vivid, hilarious and often alarming, his book has gone on to find a cult following among doctors and patients alike. His observations illuminate the quirks, horrors and delights of all aspects of doctoring. From casualty to the psychiatric ward, Foxton tells us what it really feels like to be on call twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week and introduces us to a mixed cast of patients that include the rude, the violent and the outrageously flirtatious ...