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This article is about the UK doctor and journalist. For the adventure/mystery novelist, see Max Pemberton.
Max Pemberton is a British medical doctor, journalist and author.[1] He works full time in the National Health Service (NHS). He is a columnist for The Daily Telegraph, writing comment on news events concerning culture, social and ethical issues, the politics of health care and the NHS[2][3] although his earlier columns focused on his life working as a junior doctor.[4] He also writes a column for Reader’s Digest and has contributed to the Daily Mail,[5][6] the Daily Mirror [7] and the Evening Standard.[8][9]
His first book, Trust Me I’m A (Junior) Doctor, published by Hodder and Stoughton, recounted his first year working as a doctor in the NHS and was based on his first year of columns for The Daily Telegraph.[10][11][12] It was serialised as book of the week on BBC Radio 4.[13] His second book Where Does It Hurt? details his time working in an outreach project for the homeless and people addicted to drugs.[14][15][16] He is currently writing a third book to be published by Hodder and Stoughton.[1] After the publication of his first book, the title of his column in The Daily Telegraph changed from Trust Me I'm A (Junior) Doctor to Finger On The Pulse.[17]
He is a staunch advocate for the NHS and supports socialised healthcare.[18] He is critical of the government’s introduction of PFI in the NHS[19] and opposes the introduction of the NHS patient record database.[20][21] He has also spoken out against the way the European Working Time Directive has been implemented by NHS trusts[22][23][24] and about MTAS and MMC.[25][26] He often writes about the rights of older people[27] and those with mental illness.[28][29] He is openly gay[30] and has written against the ban on gay people donating blood in the UK[31] and in support of gay adoption[32] and the impact of homophobic bullying[33] As well as a degree in medicine, he also holds a first class honours degree in Anthropology. His column in the Daily Telegraph won the Royal College of Psychiatrists' Public Education award.[34] He won the Mind Journalist of the Year Award 2010 [35] and has been short listed for the Royal College of Psychiatrist's Public Educator of the Year 2010 award, the result of which will be announced in November.[36]
References
- ^ a b hhb agency :: Max Pemberton
- ^ Max Pemberton.com - About Max
- ^ Max Pemberton - Life on the NHS frontline - Telegraph
- ^ I couldn't have survived without you - Telegraph
- ^ Thousands of us pay more than £100 each year for health screening. Are we falling for a scan too far? | Mail Online
- ^ Love your tonsils - they're our first defence against illness | Mail Online
- ^ http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/top-stories/2010/04/05/meow-meow-is-legal-so-i-tried-it-but-will-banning-every-new-drug-really-fix-our-drug-problem-115875-22162903/
- ^ We still fail those who can’t help themselves | News
- ^ Blunders won't stop the great march of IVF | News
- ^ www.hodder.co.uk > Our Authors > Max Pemberton
- ^ INTERVIEW: Trust him, he’s a junior doctor - from Pink News - all the latest gay news from the gay community - Pink News
- ^ Review: Trust Me, I'm a (Junior) Doctor by Max Pemberton | Books | The Observer
- ^ BBC - BBC Radio 4 Programmes - Book of the Week: Trust me, I'm a (Junior) Doctor
- ^ GaydarNation
- ^ Dr Max Pemberton: 'How many drug-addict grannies do you know?' - Telegraph
- ^ BBC - BBC Radio 4 Programmes - Loose Ends, 20 February 2010
- ^ Max Pemberton: Finger on the Pulse - Telegraph
- ^ The NHS is sick, but is it terminal? - Telegraph
- ^ Finger on the pulse - Telegraph
- ^ R-UK Magazine Issue 2
- ^ The chaos of the NHS's electronic records - Telegraph
- ^ BBC NEWS | Health | Cap on junior doctor hours starts
- ^ NHS 'urging junior doctors to lie about hours to comply with EU laws' | Mail Online
- ^ BBC - Today - Today: Saturday 1 August 2009
- ^ In my hospital, the staff are crying - Telegraph
- ^ I wouldn't trust this system to select someone to water my plants - Telegraph
- ^ Max Pemberton.com - Search
- ^ Max Pemberton.com - Search
- ^ Finger on the Pulse - Telegraph
- ^ http://www.rainbownetwork.com/download/file/DrMaxPembertonFeb2010N&D.mp3
- ^ Finger on the Pulse - Telegraph
- ^ Trust me, I'm a junior doctor - Telegraph
- ^ Finger on the pulse - Telegraph
- ^ Trust me, I'm a junior doctor: 'wish you were here!' - Telegraph
- ^ http://www.mind.org.uk/mindawards/awards
- ^ http://www.rcpsych.ac.uk/events/rcpsychawards2010shortlists.aspx
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