The Book Club meets on the 1st Monday every other month in the Patients' Library (adjoining the main hospital library). It provides an opportunity to meet other readers in the Trust and discuss fiction and non-fiction based on clinical themes. All colleagues are welcome to come along and join the discussion.
If you would like further information or to borrow a copy of the books please contact helen.barlow6@nhs.net.
If you would like further information or to borrow a copy of the books please contact helen.barlow6@nhs.net.
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This month we’re reading Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman. All colleagues are welcome to come along and join the discussion. We’ll meet over coffee and cake on Monday 4th November at 5-6pm in the hospital library.
Eleanor Oliphant leads a simple life. She wears the same clothes to work every day, eats the same meal deal for lunch every day and buys the same two bottles of vodka to drink every weekend. Eleanor Oliphant is happy. Nothing is missing from her carefully timetabled existence. Except, sometimes, everything… If you would like to borrow a copy of the book please contact Helen.barlow6@nhs.net. |
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In January we’ll be reading Attending Medicine, Mindfulness, and Humanity by Ronald Epstein. We’ll meet over coffee and cake on Monday 6th January at 5-6pm in the hospital library.
The first book for the general public about the importance of mindfulness in medical practice, Attending is a groundbreaking, intimate exploration of how doctors approach their work with patients. From his early days as a Harvard Medical School student, Epstein saw what made good doctors great-more accurate diagnoses, fewer errors, and stronger connections with their patients. This made a lasting impression on him and set the stage for his life's work-identifying the qualities and habits that distinguish master clinicians from those who are merely competent. The secret, he learned, was mindfulness. If you would like to borrow a copy of the book please contact Helen.barlow6@nhs.net. |
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