Grant's knowledge and authority is tempered with grandfatherly love as he delivers a message of unconditional affirmation for boys

Insightful and inspirational - Ian Grant has a unique ability to cut through the jargon and give parents genuinely helpful, down-to-earth advice we can really use

I know from listener comments how much Ian's advice is valued, and as the father of two boys I have exploited that advice to advantage. It doesn't come any better

Each chapter is a self-contained pleasure to read, like mini-fables on the perils of medicine

Burch approaches his task with vigour and pace, exploring the therapeutic failures of doctors over the ages...there is much of interest as the story unfolds

Burch leads us through an array of shocking and surprising medical practices

Intriguing and informed

Twenty-five essay-chapters examine 'cures' such as aspirin and thalidomide, all with a good bedside manner

This is a gripping history of the blundering progress of medicine

A fascinating and irreverent history of medicine and those who've claimed to understand it, written by an NHS doctor with searing intelligence and a lively wit

A fascinating book