A moving and revealing account of the front lines of medical work, told through the stories of doctors facing extremes of stress and difficulty. Hilary Mantel praises its 'perceptive sympathy for the wounded healer. Read it and weep.' SUSIE ORBACH'Haunting, beautiful and urgent.' JOHANN HARI'At the heart of this book is the problem of how emotional resilience can be identified in prospective doctors and strengthened in practising doctors.
