Doctors, particularly those in general practice, are frequently the recipients of extraordinarily confidential, private and personal information about their patients, and sometimes their patients’ families. They also share experiences with their patients which vary from the hilarious to the frightening.

 

The information from patients may be very sad, depressing and stressful; but at times doctors hear stories that are funny, unusual, titillating, wanton, salacious, sensual and raunchy. Despite being ill and feeling terrible, most people (and patients are people) also have a sense of humour.

 

OK, sometimes that sense is rather warped or so dry that the Sahara looks lush by comparison, but it does exist, and amazingly often they let just a little bit of it show. Even when giving bad news about the length of their life, I have known a patient to say “Does that mean I’m not going to get Alzheimer’s doc?”.

 

I started collecting the jokes and stories that patients told me a decade ago, and once they know you are collecting they tell you more, and more and sometimes produce reams of paper filled with their own personal collection of jokes.

 

This is the best of my collection of these jokes and stories (some are actually true), covering thirty years of medical practice, that will hopefully entertain and lighten your mood, and help you forget your cares.

 

The jokes and stories in this book are arranged into various categories, but appropriately for a book that is designed to be funny, the categorisation is also funny (peculiar?).

 

All the categories are mixed together to add variety to your perusal and enjoyment of the book, but the different categories are differentiated by the type style and layout.

 

This book and the data it contains, are available for publishing or electronic use.

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