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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
Rating★★★★ 4.4 (208)
Includes Goodreads
GenreBiography and Memoir
Length7 hrs 12 mins
Narrated byLucy O'Hagan
FormatAudiobook
Publish dateNov 17, 2025
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Intro
2Mihimihi
3A Doctor's Tale
4The Case Of Dr J. J.
5The Inhabitants Of The House With The Turret Window
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6The Holiday Death Toll
7Caution. Patients.
8My Mother Is Dying, And I Am Lucky
9Death At Home
10An Amazing Thing Happens When A Doctor Turns And Faces You
11Matemate-a-one
12Patient 001 Patient
13Patient 002 Silver Beet
14Patient 003 Lying To Get Him Out Of The Room
15Patient 004 The Power Of Swallowing
16Patient 005 Confirmation Of The Absence Of Life
17Patient 006 Finding Things Under The Skin
18Patient 007 Visiting Rites
19Patient 008 Swallow That Pill
20Patient 009 A Bedsit
21Patient 010 Explaining The Legal Limits To Court Shoes
22Patient 011 An Aggro Address
23Patient 012 Laying Out
24Patient 013 Board Games
25Patient 014 Lost Prescription
26Patient 015 Face To Face With Suicide Statistics
27Patient 016 Cutting Speaks For Itself
28Patient 017 Pakeha Doctor, Maori Patient
29System 001 System
30System 002 A Picnic In Ed
31System 003 Grandma Goes To Hospital
32System 004 Balint Groups For Patients
33System 005 Diabetes Management - Evidence-based Guidelines
34System 006 Smoking Cessation Performance Standards
35System 007 Performing An Extraction Using A Chawa Clip
36System 008 Explaining The Hazards Of Cartesian Dualism To The Minister Of Health
37System 009 Are We Uplifting Mothers
38System 010 The Cost Of Cuts
39System 011 Equity And Me
40System 012 We Can Do Better
41System 013 A Health Care Home
42Doctor 001 Doctor
43Doctor 002 Narrating Our Selves
44Doctor 003 Things Real Doctors Do
45Doctor 004 Rural Practice
46Doctor 005 The Strange Manual Of Appropriate Professional Behaviours For Doctors
47Doctor 006 Diary Of An Ill Gp
48Doctor 007 Confession
49Doctor 008 Today I Want One Of Those Old Fella Doctors
50Doctor 009 Shameshameshame
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