Join us and Lucy O'Hagan to celebrate her memoir Everything But the Medicine (Massey University Press 2025), a candid insight into the life and work of a general practitioner.
Wise, candid, brave and moving, this superbly written memoir by a New Zealand GP is reminiscent of the warm wisdom and humanity of the American physician and writer Atul Gawande.
Over her long career Dr Lucy O’Hagan has developed deep insights into the profound but often complex relationship between patients and doctors. Reading about her own struggle with what it means to be a truly useful doctor is both fascinating and absorbing.
From working with people living on the margins and her own burnout to her efforts to better serve her Māori patients and the humour that’s sometimes needed to get through the day, she keeps her eye on one key question: What is it to be a good doctor in this place?
Lucy's memoir is deeply personal, searingly honest, cage-rattling exploration of her personal history and of the profound and complex relationships between doctors and patients.
Books will be available for purchase and signing at the event.
‘One of the best books of nonfiction of 2025’ — Steve Braunius, Newsroom
‘Everything But the Medicine is straight out of the trenches. Read it, then call me in the morning. It is very much a medicine itself.’ — Glenn Colquhoun
