What Is a Doctor?

A GP’s Prescription for the Future of the NHS

Dr Phil Whitaker

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Canongate Books
24 September 2024

Memoirs; General practice

A WATERSTONES BEST BOOK OF 2023: POPULAR SCIENCE

What Is a Doctor? is a vital contribution to the ongoing debate about how we maintain an NHS that is both fit for purpose and free.

Taking insight from his thirty-year career as a GP, Dr Whitaker offers a unique perspective on the medical movements and societal changes that have transformed the role of doctor, and suggests what could be done to save the future of the NHS.

By: Dr Phil Whitaker
Imprint: Canongate Books
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Edition: Main
Dimensions: Height: 198mm, Width: 129mm, Spine: 19mm
Weight: 222g
ISBN: 9781838858001
ISBN 10: 1838858008
Pages: 320
Publication Date: 24 September 2024
Audience: General/trade , College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , ELT Advanced , Primary
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Dr Phil Whitaker is a practising GP and has been so for over thirty years. He is the author of several books and the winner of the John Llewellyn Rhys Prize, the Betty Trask Award and the RSL Encore Award. He is the medical editor of the New Statesman. He lives in Wiltshire. @pwhitakerwriter | philwhitaker.co.uk

Reviews for What Is a Doctor?: A GP’s Prescription for the Future of the NHS

'A powerful account of what has happened to the bedrock of the NHS, the GP system . . . The book is essential - and highly readable' - HENRY MARSH 'If the NHS is to survive as a model of health-care for another 75 years, it needs thinkers and champions like Dr Whitaker' - KATHRYN MANNIX, author of WITH THE END IN MIND 'Phil Whitaker knows the business of being a doctor inside out, and his moving and thought-provoking memoir is essential reading for anyone interested in the future of the NHS' - DAVID NOTT, bestselling author of WAR DOCTOR 'With meticulous analysis, deep vocational understanding and a palpable compassion for the human stories at the heart of all this, What Is a Doctor? is an essential intervention in the urgent conversation about the future of healthcare in this country' - POLLY MORLAND, author of A FORTUNATE WOMAN 'Calm, knowledgeable, and clear, Phil Whitaker is the GP everyone would like to have, and his prescription for the health service is full of wisdom and kindness' - GAVIN FRANCIS, author of ADVENTURES IN HUMAN BEING and RECOVERY '' -