Medical literature with Chris Brookmyre, Gavin Francis and Samer Nashef – books podcast

In this week’s podcast we apply a speculum to the literature of medicine. The Scottish travel writer and GP Gavin Francis explains why he decided to unite his two interests in a journey through the human body, from hippocampus to hipbone and beyond. Then we turn to surgery, with heart specialist Samer Nashef, who explains some of the challenges facing surgeons in one of the most critical specialisms, including the need to face up to their own mistakes. Thriller writer Chris Brookmyre joins him in an exploration of the psychology of the operating theatre, and explains why he made a female surgeon the subject of his latest Jack Parlabane novel, Black Widow.

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