Cruise Ship SOS
The Life-Saving Adventures of a Doctor at Sea
Published on 26. May 2011
Book
Paperback/Softback
320 pages
978-0-340-91978-1 (ISBN)
Description
Who gets the call if it all goes wrong at sea?
Meet Dr Ben MacFarlane. After spending a year as a repatriation doctor, he's heading around the world as a ship's doctor - and with 3,000 passengers and crew to look after he's in for the most exciting trip of his life. On one dramatic voyage he deals with broken bones and broken hearts, and picks up the pieces after fights in the crew bar and freak accidents on shore leave.
So join Ben and his colleagues and find out why ship's doctors think bar stools should carry health warnings, why the casino can be safer than the sick bay in a storm and why no amount of sharks, pirates or tidal waves will ever be as dangerous as the midnight buffet.
Meet Dr Ben MacFarlane. After spending a year as a repatriation doctor, he's heading around the world as a ship's doctor - and with 3,000 passengers and crew to look after he's in for the most exciting trip of his life. On one dramatic voyage he deals with broken bones and broken hearts, and picks up the pieces after fights in the crew bar and freak accidents on shore leave.
So join Ben and his colleagues and find out why ship's doctors think bar stools should carry health warnings, why the casino can be safer than the sick bay in a storm and why no amount of sharks, pirates or tidal waves will ever be as dangerous as the midnight buffet.
Reviews / Votes
PRAISE FOR HOLIDAY SOS: 'Sun, sea and surgery - it's a potent mix. It deserves to succeed.' * <i>The Independent</i> on HOLIDAY SOS * A mixture of shocking, moving and at times very funny stories ...and eye-opener for any holidaymaker. * <i>Now Magazine</i> on HOLIDAY SOS * Will have you engrossed * <I>Sunday Herald</I> on HOLIDAY SOS * This book is packed with tales of derring-do ... a riveting read. * <i>The Independent</i> on HOLIDAY SOS *More details
Language
English
Place of publication
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Hodder & Stoughton
Product notice
Paperback (UK-B)
Illustrations
None
Dimensions
Height: 198 mm
Width: 130 mm
Thickness: 24 mm
Weight
240 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-340-91978-1 (9780340919781)
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Neil Simpson (Author)
Neil Simpson is a writer and award-winning journalist. His recent biographies include Gordon Ramsay: The Biography and Paul O'Grady: The Biography. Neil has also been a former staff reporter on the Daily Mirror, Sunday Telegraph and Mail on Sunday.
Ben Macfarlane (Author)
Ben MacFarlane graduated in medicine from Imperial College, London in 1998 and started carrying out medical repatriations in the spring of 2001. He then spent a year working on the cruise ship circuit and now works full time in a West London teaching hospital.
Ben's first book with Hodder was Holiday SOS, which tells of a year in his life when he jetted around the world as a repatriation doctor. The sequel, Cruise Ship SOS, follows Ben's travels as a doctor on cruise ships.
Neil Simpson is a writer and award-winning journalist. His recent biographies include Gordon Ramsay: The Biography and Paul O'Grady: The Biography. Neil has also been a former staff reporter on the Daily Mirror, Sunday Telegraph and Mail on Sunday.
Ben Macfarlane (Author)
Ben MacFarlane graduated in medicine from Imperial College, London in 1998 and started carrying out medical repatriations in the spring of 2001. He then spent a year working on the cruise ship circuit and now works full time in a West London teaching hospital.
Ben's first book with Hodder was Holiday SOS, which tells of a year in his life when he jetted around the world as a repatriation doctor. The sequel, Cruise Ship SOS, follows Ben's travels as a doctor on cruise ships.