an upbeat, positive, can-do approach

I highly recommend this easy-to-read book. It has some extremely useful tips

An honest account designed to give mums a boost.

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