{"product_id":"the-medicine-a-doctors-notes-paperback","title":"The Medicine: A Doctor's Notes - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eKaren Hitchcock\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA general practitioner's fearless insights from the frontlines of medical treatment\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat happens when a doctor kills a patient? Are GPs overprescribing antidepressants? Does 'female Viagra' work? What role can psychedelics and cannabis play in treating pain? What is sickness, and how much of it is in our heads?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn The Medicine, Dr Karen Hitchcock takes us to the frontlines of everyday treatment, turning her acute gaze to everything from the flu season to dementia, plastic surgery to the humble sick day. In an overcrowded, underfunded medical system, she explores how more of us can be healthier, and how listening carefully to a patient's experience can be as important as prescribing a pill. These dazzling essays show Hitchcock to be one of the most fearless and illuminating medical thinkers of our time - reasonable, insightful and deeply humane.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Elegantly and startlingly wise about the body and the mind, the miracles and limits of modern medicine\" -\u003cstrong\u003eDon Watson\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Karen Hitchcock does some of the best writing in Australia\" -\u003cstrong\u003eLeigh Sales\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 264\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.6 x 9.21 x 6.14 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 04, 2020\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50362560348397,"sku":"9781760641931","price":28.06,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0020\/8918\/9441\/files\/4OlaBSSCcM9781760641931.webp?v=1785405530","url":"https:\/\/www.webster.direct\/products\/the-medicine-a-doctors-notes-paperback","provider":"Webster.Direct","version":"1.0","type":"link"}