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Title:
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On Call |
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Authors:
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Meredith, Ineke |
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Genre:
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Non Fiction: New Zealand |
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Pages:
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304 |
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Year:
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2024 |
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Language:
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English |
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Description:
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Studying medicine in New Zealand was Ineke Meredith’s path to a future beyond a predictable life in Samoa. Awarded a scholarship at 17, and no stranger to hard work, or ambition, she set about becoming a doctor, then a general surgeon. Balancing the compelling stories of patients and their care with the poignant threads of her own life, including an abusive father and being solo mum, this is an absorbing memoir and a blisteringly honest account of what it takes to wield a scalpel.
Comments from BDS Reviewers:"So well written you could feel yourself beside the author as she treated patients."
"I enjoyed the candour with which it was written and the absolutely honesty Ineke portrays as a daughter, mother and doctor."
"This is not just another book about life in a hospital. It is told with brutal honesty, humour and candour."
"An absorbing read and well worth reading."
"It demonstrates, very ably, how women still struggle to manage family and career, without blame or self-pity."
"The writer's sometimes blunt, always honest, account differs from similar texts by male surgeons. She relates details of failures and feelings in a way they rarely do."
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Categories:
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Non-fiction NZ, Non fiction, Feminism, Gender Issues, Grief/loss, Medical/Health, Morals/Ethics, Relationships, Social commentary/perspectives, Samoa, Just Added, 2026 Titles |
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Reviews
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By: HIKUR 001
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2025-05-26 10:17:18 |
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Easy enjoyable read, very interesting and extremely honest. Very topical; some of the stories were also very funny. |
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By: CHCH 155
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2025-04-10 17:41:46 |
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I think we all enjoyed the book although there were some varying views in as much as she jumped around in time. We learned a lot about the life of a General Surgeon and don't think she could have done it without her family. |
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By: CHCH 317
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2025-03-17 10:40:31 |
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The group had mixed reactions to this book. The ex-nurses found it confronting. The remainder found the cases interesting, and the Samoan background was enlightening. |
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