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Cutting It
Award-winning author, surgeon and broadcaster exploring the fragile spaces between life, the body and identity.
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Summer Musings: 1
Taking pleasure in the body
Acting God
Is it what Doctors and Writers have in common?
Before I Cut
How I learned the skill of emotional detachment
A Place to Recover
Last week, a friend was admitted with an infection to the London hospital where I trained as a medical student and now work.
Ghosts
Of course I don’t believe in ghosts.
Only Connect
Being a doctor is a treacherous business.
The Taste of Fallibility
Learning to accept one’s mistakes has become an integral part of surgical training.
Messy Stories
Sometimes in a hospital day, a story drops into my lap, polished as a pearl.
Life and Death
Why do I love surgery?
Welcome to Cutting It
The first time I witnessed surgery I was 23 years old and straight out of university.