Tell Me I'm Okay

A Doctor's Story

David Bradford

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Monash University Publishing
01 May 2018

Memoirs; Medical profession; Biography - Australian

‘Throughout my years of practice, people have often asked me why I decided to specialise in sexual health. The question is not surprising given that sexual health doctors are not held in the same regard as those who work in other medical specialties ... We sexual health physicians don’t grow rich, but we have a wealth of stories – wry, funny, and sad – all illustrative of the human condition.’

In Tell Me I’m Okay, author and retired sexual health doctor David Bradford relates a remarkable set of stories... about growing up as a gay child in a strongly Christian family, struggling with his sexuality, serving as an army doctor in Vietnam during the Vietnam War, working as Director of the Melbourne Communicable Diseases Centre at the time of the arrival of HIV/AIDS, and in private practice with hundreds of AIDS patients, many of whom did not survive.

Here is a humane, wise, thoughtful voice, always conscious of the wonderful, the absurd, the fragile nature of life. David Bradford’s story tells us much about who we are, how we’ve changed, and where some at least of our scars have come from.

By: David Bradford
Imprint: Monash University Publishing
Country of Publication: Australia
Dimensions: Height: 205mm, Width: 135mm,
Weight: 350g
ISBN: 9781925523331
ISBN 10: 1925523330
Pages: 240
Publication Date: 01 May 2018
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Reviews for Tell Me I'm Okay: A Doctor's Story

A remarkable Australian story, and one that should be read widely. -- Dennis Altman Honest, humane and at times deeply moving. -- The Hon Neal Blewett AC