Karen Hitchcock

In Dear Life, using vivid and moving case studies, Karen Hitchcock shows what care for the elderly and dying is really like—both the good and the bad. With honesty and deep experience, she looks at end-of-life decisions and over-treatment, frailty and dementia. 'The elderly, the frail are our society. They are our parents and grandparents, our carers and neighbours, and...

A general practitioner's fearless insights from the frontlines of medical treatment What happens when a doctor kills a patient? Are GPs overprescribing antidepressants? Does 'female Viagra' work? What role can psychedelics and cannabis play in treating pain? What is sickness, and how much of it is in our heads? In The Medicine, Dr Karen Hitchcock takes us to the frontlines...