A Dim Prognosis
our health system in crisis — and a doctor's view on how to fix it
$30.77
- Paperback
288 pages
- Release Date
16 June 2025
Summary
A Dim Prognosis: Life and Death in a Broken System
This compelling tell-all reveals the realities of working as a doctor in New Zealand.
Fast-paced and darkly funny, it chronicles ten years of working in medicine - treating the victims of the Whakaari White Island eruption, being on the frontline during a pandemic, dealing with chronic understaffing -and sheds light on where and why the health system is collapsing.
Covering everything from a bullying and toxic cultur…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781991142412 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1991142412 |
| Author: | Ivor Popovich |
| Publisher: | Allen & Unwin Aotearoa New Zealand |
| Imprint: | A&U New Zealand |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 288 |
| Release Date: | 16 June 2025 |
| Weight: | 400g |
| Dimensions: | 31mm x 364mm x 224mm |
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About The Author
Ivor Popovich
Ivor Popovich works in Auckland as an intensive care doctor and will fully qualify as a specialist in August 2025. He has worked across different hospitals and specialties since finishing medical school in 2015. He was involved in treating patients during the Covid pandemic and the Whakaari White Island disaster. When not at the hospital he can be found shooting hoops or tickling the ivories on his piano.
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