Bibliograph

The prison doctor, my time on the wards of Britain's most notorious jails, Dr Amanda Brown

Type

Label

The prison doctor, my time on the wards of Britain's most notorious jails, Dr Amanda Brown

Language

eng

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The prison doctor

Medium

electronic resource

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Responsibility statement

Dr Amanda Brown

Sub title

my time on the wards of Britain's most notorious jails

Summary

Horrifying, heartbreaking and eye-opening, these are the stories, the patients and the cases that have characterised a career spent being a doctor behind bars. Violence. Drugs. Suicide. Welcome to the world of a Prison Doctor. Dr. Amanda Brown has treated inmates in the UK's most infamous prisons - first in young offenders' institutions, then at the notorious Wormwood Scrubs and finally at Europe's largest women-only prison in Europe, Bronzefield. From miraculous pregnancies to dirty protests, and from violent attacks on prisoners to heartbreaking acts of self-harm, she has witnessed it all. In this eye-opening, inspirational memoir, Amanda reveals the stories, the patients and the cases that have shaped a career helping those most of us would rather forget. Despite their crimes, she is still their doctor

Target audience

adult

Classification