Becoming a Doctor

Becoming a DoctorBecoming a Doctor is an intimate account of one persons transformation from nave student to professorial physician. Packed with unforgettable anecdotes and surprising insights, the book is far more than a memoir of medical education. Chapter by chapter, it exposes the challenging issues that doctors and patients face, such as medical authority, bedside empathy and the approach of death. This story is for anyone who, when seeing doctor, has wondered

throw a light on the role played by the radical tradition

All of the articles are in some way inspired or influenced by Davis' own contributions to the field

original and thought-provoking exploration of the nature and meaning of time

It pairs 50 synopses of carefully chosen film scenes with evocative full-colour film stills

clothing and appearance

the abundance of film festivals such as the International Festival of New Latin American Cinema and film-themed cafeterias

value and experience quality in the performing arts

Examines the disconnect between local expectations of what independence would deliver and what was actually achieved by the incumbent Cumann na nGaedheal government

An anthropological examination of masculinity within South Asian societies

Appeals equally to students of early modern history and its literary culture

His filmography is short and uneven

media and the public from a multidisciplinary perspective and over an extended historical period