{"product_id":"doctor-by-dr-andrew-bomback-9781501338175","title":"Doctor","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eObject Lessons is a series of short, beautifully designed books about the hidden lives of ordinary things.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eA 3-year-old asks her physician father about his job, and his inability to provide a succinct and accurate answer inspires a critical look at the profession of modern medicine.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn sorting through how patients, insurance companies, advertising agencies, filmmakers, and comedians misconstrue a doctor’s role, Andrew Bomback, M.D., realises that even doctors struggle to define their profession. As the author attempts to unravel how much of doctoring is role-playing, artifice, and bluffing, he examines the career of his father, a legendary paediatrician on the verge of retirement, and the health of his infant son, who is suffering from a vague assortment of gastrointestinal symptoms.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAt turns serious, comedic, analytical, and confessional, \u003ci\u003eDoctor\u003c\/i\u003e offers an unflinching look at what it means to be a physician today.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eObject Lessons is published in partnership with an essay series in \u003ci\u003eThe Atlantic.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Allen \u0026 Unwin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47455546245356,"sku":"9781501338175","price":21.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/61pT-q8LieL._SL1500.jpg?v=1774781961","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/doctor-by-dr-andrew-bomback-9781501338175","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}