Cruise Ship SOS: The Life-saving Adventures of a Doctor at Sea

Cruise Ship SOS: The Life-saving Adventures of a Doctor at Sea

by NeilSimpson (Author), Dr Ben Mac Farlane (Author)

Synopsis

Who gets the call if it all goes wrong at sea? Meet Dr Ben MacFarlane. After spending a year as a repatriation doctor, he's heading around the world as a ship's doctor - and with 3,000 passengers and crew to look after he's in for the most exciting trip of his life. On one dramatic voyage he deals with broken bones and broken hearts, and picks up the pieces after fights in the crew bar and freak accidents on shore leave. So join Ben and his colleagues and find out why ship's doctors think bar stools should carry health warnings, why the casino can be safer than the sick bay in a storm and why no amount of sharks, pirates or tidal waves will ever be as dangerous as the midnight buffet.

$3.49

Save:$8.62 (71%)

Quantity

1 in stock

More Information

Format: Paperback
Pages: 304
Publisher: Hodder Paperbacks
Published: 26 May 2011

ISBN 10: 0340919787
ISBN 13: 9780340919781
Book Overview: With all the drama and excitement of popular medical dramas like Holby City and Casualty, these incredible true stories are told with warmth and humour.

Media Reviews
PRAISE FOR HOLIDAY SOS: 'Sun, sea and surgery - it's a potent mix. It deserves to succeed.' * The Independent on HOLIDAY SOS *
A mixture of shocking, moving and at times very funny stories ...and eye-opener for any holidaymaker. * Now Magazine on HOLIDAY SOS *
Will have you engrossed * Sunday Herald on HOLIDAY SOS *
This book is packed with tales of derring-do ... a riveting read. * The Independent on HOLIDAY SOS *
Author Bio

Neil Simpson (Author)
Neil Simpson is a writer and award-winning journalist. His recent biographies include Gordon Ramsay: The Biography and Paul O'Grady: The Biography. Neil has also been a former staff reporter on the Daily Mirror, Sunday Telegraph and Mail on Sunday.

Ben Macfarlane (Author)
Ben MacFarlane graduated in medicine from Imperial College, London in 1998 and started carrying out medical repatriations in the spring of 2001. He then spent a year working on the cruise ship circuit and now works full time in a West London teaching hospital.

Ben's first book with Hodder was Holiday SOS, which tells of a year in his life when he jetted around the world as a repatriation doctor. The sequel, Cruise Ship SOS, follows Ben's travels as a doctor on cruise ships.