Your Life in My Hands

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Your Life in My Hands
Author Rachel Clarke
Set in NHS
PublisherMetro Books
Publication date
2017
Publication placeUnited Kingdom
ISBN 978-1-78946-365-1
Followed by Dear Life (2020)
Breathtaking (2021) 

Your Life in My Hands: A Junior Doctor's Story is a 2017 memoir by British physician Rachel Clarke, published by Metro Books. It gives an account of her experiences as a newly qualified doctor in the UK. It was followed by Dear Life (2020) and Breathtaking (2021). [1] [2] [3]

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References

  1. Marsh, Henry (9 July 2017). "Book review: Your Life in My Hands: A Junior Doctor's Story by Rachel Clarke". The Times. Archived from the original on 1 May 2024. Retrieved 30 April 2024.
  2. Thorley, Jennifer (July 2021). "How the light gets in". The Lancet Respiratory Medicine. 9 (7): 692. doi:10.1016/S2213-2600(21)00224-1. Archived from the original on 1 May 2024.
  3. Fetahu, Ibadete (25 July 2017). "Your life in my hands". Nursing Times.