SAVING A STRANGER'S LIFE, the diary of an emergency room doctor

221pp., paperback, Johannesburg, 2020

Anne Biccard has worked as an emergency doctor in Johannesburg for more than 30 years.

"A rare and intimate insight into the thoughts and experiences of an ED doctor and her response to the idiosyncratic cast of characters that she meets. A deeply ironic, humorous and yet compassionate and informative book. A must read." Professor Gillian Straker, University of Sydney and co-author of The Talking Cure

"Brilliant! I couldn't put this book down - such an epic representation of life in the ED." Professor Feroza Motara, Academic Head Division, Emergency Medicine, University of the Witwatersrand and Head, ED, CMJAH