Maximum Insecurity

A Doctor in the Supermax

De: William Wright M.D.

Narrado por: Eric Martin

After three decades as a successful ear surgeon, William Wright, MD is bored beyond belief. He dabbles with retirement, but finds idleness infuriating. He has to do something. Then he sees an ad for a doctor’s position from the Colorado Department of Corrections at a supermax prison. Now that, he thinks, would be different. His wife has some thoughts on the matter too. She thinks her husband just lost his mind and is on a collision course with a prison shiv.

After his first day on the job, he wonders if she wasn’t onto something. His first patient is an arrogant, callous youth convicted of five cold-blooded murders. Dr. Wright has to steel himself not to bolt.

Nothing prepares a doctor for life at the Colorado State Penitentiary. He quickly discovers treating maximum security convicts is like treating recalcitrant murderous four-year-olds. Always willing to threaten their doctors with bodily harm, they are more interested in scamming drugs than treatment.

Told with self-depreciating humor and scathing wit, Maximum Insecurity describes Dr. Wright’s adventures practicing medicine in a supermax correctional facility without, he’s glad to say, getting killed even once.

©2013 William Wright, M.D. (P)2014 William Wright, M.D.

Narration makes it even better

Entertaining book with sarcastic humour. There's a couple workplace grievances that we can all relate to in some way. There's a chapter dedicated to his disdain for pharmacists because of the role they play in his job. I am a pharmacist and still find it funny, especially with his sarcastic overtones. I'm sure there's plenty of things you could look for to be offended by in the book. PC Principal might need to skip this one.

Narrator is phenomenal, really nails the performance and allows the humour to come out. 10/10.

Bureaucracy with a dose of medicine

The story is a tale of dealing with both a population of felons and more so, the never-ending goliath of governmental administrative decisions. The author does come across as a bit jaded and arrogant at times. However, I think it's often warranted considering his years of experience as a physician combined with being constantly undermined and questioned by prevaricating prisoners and government pencil-pushers. The narrator does an ok job, he often has a tough guy tone to his voice that is a bit annoying. If you're interested in or already are practicing medicine, this is a worthwhile listen.

Great book!

What a great book! Dr. Wright is funny, he shares his interesting experience working within the prison as an MD. A paramedic, he and I alike have had similar experiences working in Correctional Medicine.

Brilliant....

Loved the snarky, sarcastic wit. Don Rickles meets Marcus Welby. The audible book was 1st class entertainment.

Well written informative and even funny!

Well done!! This book has it all! I listened to the audio after reading the book!
Well done Dr. Wright. Well done!