THE PRISON DOCTOR: My time inside Britain’s most notorious jails. THE HONEST, UNBELIEVABLE TRUE STORY AND A SUNDAY TIMES BEST SELLING AUTOBIOGRAPHY

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13 reviews
Rob
Love this series, combines well with the other stories a real compelling read
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Kizzy-Leah
Interesting to see all the different people that go into prison, really nicely written too. Although I sometimes got a bit bored as there isn’t much excitement. (But that’s just my personal opinion, we all like different books) Thank you Dr Amanda Brown x
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Head Goon of Everything and Everyone
Very interesting and informative account of life as a GP in prisons in the UK. Well written page turner. Interesting to see how the security card attempts to trump expert medical advice putting inmates at previous bodily harm. UK still has the colonial slavery mindset and will until it becomes a Republic.
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Sharon Robson
Great read I couldn’t put it down.
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Amazon Customer
Loved this book. It was so thoughtfully written. What an amazing Dr she is . The stories are so sad but Dr has a way with the prisoners x
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patricia tedds
Described as a Sunday Times Bestseller I expected much more from this book. Very disappointing.
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A. Customer
Dr Amanda Brown becomes disillusioned with working as a GP in a village (due to government policy) and quits her surgery and one night, whilst feeling frustrated, writes an article that is sent to a GP specific publication to get her feelings off her chest. This is spotted by another doctor who is recruiting doctors to work in prisons. Dr Brown decides to take a job working in prisons and this book relates stories and anecdotes from her time working in these prisons (Huntercombe, Bronzefield & Wormwood Scrubs) This book is very easy to read although the subject matter can be sad with some of the stories that Dr Brown describes from the prisoners as heartbreaking. I found Dr Brown's decision to leave her surgery to be very soft though. She'd worked in a surgery that she built up for years and decided due to new government legislation and a comment from one of her colleagues that she was going to quit!! I'm not a GP but I think most working people would be a little more resilient. And on top of that decides to go to work in a prison! But it's not a criticism of Dr Brown, she deserves credit for going to work in a place that most people would give a wide berth to and tries to change her patients lives for the better. Dr Brown doesn't really offer any opinions on the state of prisons or the prisoners. She doesn't judge and this unfortunately makes the book somewhat 'beige' because I expect most readers will have opinions on crime and prison (and I expect Dr Brown is no different but she has chosen not to express them) but what you get is a book that is a doctors day to day work in a prison with some of the more varied situations added. It was interesting to note however how Dr Brown's attitude to life changes as she spends more time in prison. Her own 'middle class' values seem to become more irrelevant when faced with people who struggle just to survive and end up getting themselves put in prison due to poor (and sometimes unavoidable) life choices. But, like I said, there are many debates to be had about this topic. This book will not provide any answers but it may open some eyes and get people thinking and looking for more information and opinion on the matter. Overall, a good book worth reading.
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Tom C
I read this book in 3 days it is very good I couldn't put it down. I'm a fairly casual reader too, normally I finish a book every few weeks.
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MeMe
The book follows Dr. Amanda Brown after she leaves her GP practice following the 2006 reforms. From there, by chance, after her article was published, she becomes a prison doctor. She tells the story of her experience working in young offenders units, to some of the UK’s most dangerous prisons. There are rare some incredible, and powerful stories told throughout this book. Some completely heartbreaking. One thing that remains totally obvious throughout, is how much Brown genuinely cares about her patients. Each and every one of them. No matter what they have done/been accused of. Her compassion and love to help people are extraordinary! I really enjoyed this book, it was a super fast – eye-opening- read (triggers of drugs, abuse, etc). I admire her strong passion for being there for the offenders no matter what wrongs they have done no matter there crime. She strongly believed in everybody need just one person to care for them to change their lives around. She hopes that everything she had done had some sort of impact on them to make them want to do better in life.
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Kindle Customer
I loved the variety of stories and the humanity this book has. I highly recommend this book to anyone who likes biographies
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Kindle Customer
Dr. Brown brings her experiences and stories to life in a way that you could personally feel the emotions that were talked about.
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Amazon Customer
Very interesting and funny and intense
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Gonzalog
No tiene una trama. Me ha decepcionado un poco. Me gusta la literatura médica y este no es de mis favoritos.
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  • Publisher HQ Non-Fiction
  • Publication date 13 Jun. 2019
  • Language English
  • Print length 272 pages
  • ISBN-10 0008311447
  • ISBN-13 978-0008311445
  • Item weight 1.05 kg
  • Dimensions 12.9 x 1.73 x 19.8 cm
  • Best Sellers Rank See Top 100 in Books