{"product_id":"9781448175086","title":"The Best Medicine: The True Story of a Nurse who became a Doctor in the 1950s","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e‘I am one of the old school and believe that a woman’s place is within the home … However, I cannot, I will not, condone unfairness amongst females. I suggest that in due course you send your Matron a letter of thanks. You had after all a most unusual reference.’\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 1949, Staff Nurse Georgie Edwards is asked to chaperone medical students undertaking their practical exams when suddenly the penny drops. Georgie wants to learn to diagnose and treat too.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAgainst the odds, she wins herself a place to study medicine at London’s St Bartholomew’s Hospital and she sets about becoming not a consultant ‘who sweeps by’ but a doctor who listens and cares. Yet Georgie wants to fall in love and start a family as well as have a career – is this one dream too many for a woman in the 1950s?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWarm and full of humour, \u003ci\u003eThe Best Medicine \u003c\/i\u003eis Georgie’s fascinating memoir of her early years as a nurse and doctor.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ebury Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47143187906800,"sku":"9781448175086","price":10.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781448175086_p0.jpg?v=1763829771","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781448175086","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}