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"This is a hilarious new book by the best-selling author of ""Medicine Balls"".Dr Phil has been a doctor and whistleblower for twenty one years, and still hasn't been struck off. As ""Private Eye's"" medical correspondent and presenter of BBC's ""Trust Me, I'm a Doctor"", he's exposed too many scandals and upset too many surgeons. Now aged 46, with varifocals, a swelling prostate and a black bit on his toe that could be a melanoma, he's paranoid about becoming a patient. What will the bastards do to me?This irreverent and confrontational romp through Dr Phil's alleged career starts off with scary scandals but ends up with some surprisingly useful tips on how to avoid doctors if you can and use them if you can't.Trust Me, I'm (Still) a Doctor is one book you can't afford not to read!"

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9781845022297

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'One of the most entertainingly subversive people on the planet.' Nancy Banks Smith, The Guardian 'Sceptical, irreverent, very funny and like a mighty gust of fresh air in a field that's bedevilled with cover-ups and cloaked in a vow of silence.' Time Out

Sceptical, irreverent, very funny and like a mighty gust of fresh air in a field thats bedevilled with coverups and cloaked in a vow of silence. * Time Out *

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Dr Phil Hammond is a doctor, comedian and commentator on UK health. He writes the Medicine Balls column for Private Eye and has starred in an acclaimed one-man show at the Edinburgh Fringe. Dr Phil regularly appears on Radio 4 in 28 Minutes To Save The NHS and The News Quiz and on television as captain in Channel Five's Tibs and Fibs and on BBC in Trust Me, I'm A Doctor, as well as being a regular guest on Have I Got News For You. Dr Phil lives in Chew Magna and Medicine Balls is his second book.

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