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The Prison Doctor has opened my eyes to some of the tasks medical professionals undertake in such an environment, and some of the struggles they encounter in order to try and help their patients and having always been fascinated by the prison system I found this incredibly interesting.
Dr Amanda Brown has a huge amount of compassion for her patients, and the sometimes truly awful situations that have led to them being in prison. We follow Brown as she leaves her job as a community GP to working in a young offender’s institute, then a men’s prison and finally a women’s prison. Every job is varied, fast paced and harrowing. It was her time within the women’s prison that stands out the most. The women she treats are often so institutionalised that they feel safer within the prison walls, constantly reoffending to remain inside because it’s better than a life spent on the streets, wrapped up in prostitution or domestic abuse. This makes me so sad. Most of these women really need someone to talk to and that’s what Dr Brown does. She listens, never judges, as her eyes are opened to this new world. The level of responsibility is seriously high too - often Dr Brown has to fight to get her patients admitted to hospital when the prison guards are severely understaffed, or is often the first on scene to a suicide attempt, up to her elbows in blood.
I found this incredibly interesting and would 100% recommend.
Dr Amanda Brown has a huge amount of compassion for her patients, and the sometimes truly awful situations that have led to them being in prison. We follow Brown as she leaves her job as a community GP to working in a young offender’s institute, then a men’s prison and finally a women’s prison. Every job is varied, fast paced and harrowing. It was her time within the women’s prison that stands out the most. The women she treats are often so institutionalised that they feel safer within the prison walls, constantly reoffending to remain inside because it’s better than a life spent on the streets, wrapped up in prostitution or domestic abuse. This makes me so sad. Most of these women really need someone to talk to and that’s what Dr Brown does. She listens, never judges, as her eyes are opened to this new world. The level of responsibility is seriously high too - often Dr Brown has to fight to get her patients admitted to hospital when the prison guards are severely understaffed, or is often the first on scene to a suicide attempt, up to her elbows in blood.
I found this incredibly interesting and would 100% recommend.
This book was a great way to hear all about stories from prisons from someone at the heart of them. This is good insight into the way the prison world works from the point of view of a doctor, and I really enjoyed the stories that went along with it. The dividing up into sections based at different prisons was really good and helped to establish a time part to the book. It was amazing to see how the author went from a GP in a local practice to working in prisons, something very different. It was an easy read and I definitely recommend.
adventurous
dark
informative
reflective
fast-paced
really interesting read, very insightful
Content Warnings
Graphic: Confinement, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Medical content, Suicide attempt
hopeful
informative
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reflective
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emotional
informative
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medium-paced
Having been obsessed with prisons since I was a child (don’t ask why as I have no idea!) and having worked as both a prison officer and in the police, I have a large knowledge of issues these types of jobs face and the characters you meet along the way!
As a result I did cringe at some of the events like the naivety of taking a gift into the jail for the prisoner lol! Also this book made me tearful in parts, as I myself have been told I am particular compassionate towards the offenders, both by colleagues and the offenders themselves, but then I did ten years nursing in the NHS hospitals prior to becoming a prison officer so I think the compassion never leaves you if you are good at your job!
Just as dr brown states in her book, the day she loses compassion the day she stops working! The fact she left the GP surgery because of the new rules shows what I have always thought, there are hardly any decent GP’s left including her old partners it would seem who all agreed with the rule of ten minute one problem appointments *rolls eyes*
As a result I did cringe at some of the events like the naivety of taking a gift into the jail for the prisoner lol! Also this book made me tearful in parts, as I myself have been told I am particular compassionate towards the offenders, both by colleagues and the offenders themselves, but then I did ten years nursing in the NHS hospitals prior to becoming a prison officer so I think the compassion never leaves you if you are good at your job!
Just as dr brown states in her book, the day she loses compassion the day she stops working! The fact she left the GP surgery because of the new rules shows what I have always thought, there are hardly any decent GP’s left including her old partners it would seem who all agreed with the rule of ten minute one problem appointments *rolls eyes*
an intriguing glimpse into the life of a prison doctor. I wish I was able to know how some of the prisoners stories concluded but I understand she herself didn’t always know, Brown’s writing is addictive and well-paced
Read this on the recommendation of a colleague but felt quite underwhelmed. Pretty short book - read in a few hours- easy to read as it's largely a collection of anecdotes, but felt a bit pedestrian. Didn't finish the book feeling that I'd really had much more of an insight into prison health than I previously was aware of.
5 stars
Wow, what a book!
I'm probably not the only one that has mever really thought about all the different staff in Prisons and it never occurred to me that there is full time health professionals in each Prison.
Amanda Brown is obviously a very caring person that is sympathetic, emotional and has empathy for other people and their situation. What I loved most about her was her lack of judgement. There wasn't an inch of judgement in this book and it made for such an eye opening and interesting read.
Her writing was good and we really got a sense of the atmosphere in each Prison and the different problems facing each of them. It was shocking and heartbreaking but a wonderful read.
I really think this should be on the best sellers list up there with "This is going to hurt".
Please note that this e-book was gifted in exchange for an honest review.
Wow, what a book!
I'm probably not the only one that has mever really thought about all the different staff in Prisons and it never occurred to me that there is full time health professionals in each Prison.
Amanda Brown is obviously a very caring person that is sympathetic, emotional and has empathy for other people and their situation. What I loved most about her was her lack of judgement. There wasn't an inch of judgement in this book and it made for such an eye opening and interesting read.
Her writing was good and we really got a sense of the atmosphere in each Prison and the different problems facing each of them. It was shocking and heartbreaking but a wonderful read.
I really think this should be on the best sellers list up there with "This is going to hurt".
Please note that this e-book was gifted in exchange for an honest review.