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Bodies - Jed Mercurio


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Bodies - Jed Mercurio

 
Description: ISBN 0099422832 / Genre: Fiction

Newest Review: ... general viewer is quite likely to be familiar with the concept and process of child birth, even if they have never ... more

 ... experienced it personally. There are other differences between the show and the book, the most major of which is the anonymisation of the latter. It’s all Dr K and Mrs F in the novel, something that wouldn’t have translated well to the screen. The patients also get pseudonyms – breathless lady, smoke inhalation, Young gangrene man, blue numbers. This made me smile as it’s something I’ve often done to friends, colleagues and acquaintances, from big boob girl to nice Mrs GoldCard lady. The main theme of both the show and the bo...more

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Crowned Review Bodies - Jed Mercurio: When Good Docs Go Bad (965 words)
by - written on 01/02/05 (Very useful, 207 readings)
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Here’s a list of people I’ve discussed Bodies with over the last week: my mother on a plane to Germany; my trampolining buddies at a Christmas meal out; my colleagues as we waited for a meeting to start. Not one of these is a doctor, though a few are medical students in varying levels of their degrees. The fact remains though, that the BBC 2 series is drawing in a mixed audience every Wednesday night. This op is not about the show – I don’t have a TV, and only know about it because I was over-nighting in a hotel for work, and my trip coincided with the season premier which I randomly tuned in to. Instead, it’s about the book on which the show is based – also called ...  Read the complete review

 

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