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Length7h 12m
About this audiobook
Wise, candid, brave and incredibly moving, this superb memoir by New Zealand doctor Lucy O' Hagan is full of warm wisdom and humanity. Over her long career Dr O' Hagan has developed deep insights into the profound but often complex relationship between patients and doctors. Reading about her own struggle with what it means to be a truly useful doctor is both fascinating and absorbing. From working with people living on the margins and her own burnout to her efforts to better serve her Maori patients and the black humour that is sometimes needed to get through the day, she keeps her eye on the one key question: What is it to be a good physician?
Audiobook details
GenreBiography and Memoir
Length7 hrs 12 mins
Narrated byLucy O'Hagan
FormatAudiobook
Publish dateNov 17, 2025
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Intro
36System 008 Explaining The Hazards Of Cartesian Dualism To The Minister Of Health
2Mihimihi
37System 009 Are We Uplifting Mothers
3A Doctor's Tale
38System 010 The Cost Of Cuts
4The Case Of Dr J. J.
39System 011 Equity And Me
5The Inhabitants Of The House With The Turret Window
40System 012 We Can Do Better
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6The Holiday Death Toll
41System 013 A Health Care Home
7Caution. Patients.
42Doctor 001 Doctor
8My Mother Is Dying, And I Am Lucky
43Doctor 002 Narrating Our Selves
9Death At Home
44Doctor 003 Things Real Doctors Do
10An Amazing Thing Happens When A Doctor Turns And Faces You
45Doctor 004 Rural Practice
11Matemate-a-one
46Doctor 005 The Strange Manual Of Appropriate Professional Behaviours For Doctors
12Patient 001 Patient
47Doctor 006 Diary Of An Ill Gp
13Patient 002 Silver Beet
48Doctor 007 Confession
14Patient 003 Lying To Get Him Out Of The Room
49Doctor 008 Today I Want One Of Those Old Fella Doctors
15Patient 004 The Power Of Swallowing
50Doctor 009 Shameshameshame
16Patient 005 Confirmation Of The Absence Of Life
51Doctor 010 Burnout Is Always A Long Story
17Patient 006 Finding Things Under The Skin
52Doctor 011 Sleeping With The Ancestors
18Patient 007 Visiting Rites
53Doctor 012 The Zen Of General Practice
19Patient 008 Swallow That Pill
54Story 001 Story
20Patient 009 A Bedsit
55Story 002 Putting Burnout On My Cv
21Patient 010 Explaining The Legal Limits To Court Shoes
56Story 003 Mr Lucky
22Patient 011 An Aggro Address
57Story 004 On Not Being Ashley
23Patient 012 Laying Out
58Story 005 Story Of A Pain
24Patient 013 Board Games
59Story 006 Story Doctor
25Patient 014 Lost Prescription
60Story 007 An Apologetic Defence Of My Longer Consultations
26Patient 015 Face To Face With Suicide Statistics
61Story 008 Coloniser Tends Those Dispossessed By Colonisation
27Patient 016 Cutting Speaks For Itself
62Story 009 Whakawhanaungatanga
28Patient 017 Pakeha Doctor, Maori Patient
63Story 010 I'm Failing As A Pro-equity Practitioner
29System 001 System
64Story 011 Kaitiakitanga
30System 002 A Picnic In Ed
65Story 012 A Message To My Younger Self
31System 003 Grandma Goes To Hospital
66Author's Note
32System 004 Balint Groups For Patients
67He Whakamihi
33System 005 Diabetes Management - Evidence-based Guidelines
68About The Author
34System 006 Smoking Cessation Performance Standards
69Outro
35System 007 Performing An Extraction Using A Chawa Clip
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