{"product_id":"also-human-9780099510796","title":"Also Human: The Inner Lives Of Doctors","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFor anyone trying to understand the impossible strains placed on our medical workers during the COVID-19 pandemic, this book is indispensable. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e_____________________________\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A furious dispatch from the front line of the hospital system.' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eTHE TIMES\u003c\/i\u003e, Book of the Week\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e_____________________________\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eDoctors are the people we turn to in our darkest moments. We trust them with our lives. But what does that stress do to a person?\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhat does it take to confront death, disease, distress and suffering every day? To work in a healthcare system stretched to breaking point? To make decisions that will change lives - or possibly end them? And how do doctors cope with their own questions and fears, when they are expected to have all the answers? \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCaroline Elton\u003c\/b\u003e is a psychologist who, for two decades, has specialised in helping doctors: the obstetrician whose own fertility treatment failed; the trainee oncologist struggling to face patients with the disease that killed her father; the brilliant neurosurgeon whose career stalled in an environment hostile to women; and many more.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDrawing on extraordinary case studies and decades of work supporting clinicians, \u003ci\u003eAlso Human\u003c\/i\u003e presents a provocative, perceptive and deeply humane examination of the modern medical profession.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e_____________________________\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Written with perceptive sympathy for the wounded healer, it is necessary reading for both doctors and patients.' \u003c\/b\u003eHILARY MANTEL\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Crucial and timely.' \u003c\/b\u003eATUL GAWANDE\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Fascinating and troubling. Read it and weep.' \u003c\/b\u003eSUSIE ORBACH\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Haunting, beautiful and urgent.' \u003c\/b\u003eJOHANN HARI\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'At the heart of this book is the problem of how emotional resilience can be identified in prospective doctors and strengthened in practising doctors. We are fallible human beings, not omniscient gods.' \u003c\/b\u003eHENRY MARSH, \u003ci\u003eSUNDAY TIMES\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Cornerstone","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42978339520678,"sku":"9780099510796","price":17.9,"currency_code":"MYR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0443\/8471\/4918\/products\/also-human-the-inner-lives-of-doctors-9780099510796-29011502006450.jpg?v=1656107005","url":"https:\/\/bookxcess.myshopify.com\/products\/also-human-9780099510796","provider":"Staging Site ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}