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Medical Tales

Humour and Compassion make wonderful medicine - by Peter Sykes, Medical Novelist, Blogger and Speaker
David Brain

Can sexual harassment ever be accidental?

When Dr Richard Alexander went to work on that lovely spring morning in April 2010, he had no idea that he would come within an inch of an accusation of sexual harassment. When I say ‘an inch’, I mean a metaphorical inch, not the sort of an inch of which a blue comedian might speak […]

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Harry, the Wedding and the Cup Final

This story really isn’t a medical tale, but it’s quite short, it’s extremely topical and I couldn’t resist posting it for you to read. Essentially it amounts to a cry for help from a Junior Hospital Doctor called Harry who finds himself in a difficult situation. My hope is that someone reading this blog will […]

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