From Destinations: The Holiday & Travel Show in London’s Olympia, The Stanfords Travel Writers Festival welcomes author and intensive care doctor Matt Morgan. He talks to Antony Garvey about his exhilarating journey across continents exploring his work on both the intensive care unit and the pages of his book One Medicine. From Africa’s heart to Canada’s wilderness, Bali’s mystique, and Australia’s vast landscapes, he uncovers the universal themes of life, death, and the remarkable bond between humans and animals, sharing how diverse landscapes have shaped his perspective on medicine and healing.
Author bio:
Dr Matt Morgan is a British intensive care doctor. His open letter addressed to patients during the 2020 COVID pandemic has been read by over half a million people worldwide. His articles have featured in The Guardian, The Telegraph, the Daily Mail, the Sunday Mirror and Huffington Post. A regular writer for the internationally acclaimed British Medical Journal, his article ‘A letter from the ICU’ is one of their most popular ever opinion article, read by over 130,000 people in 2020. His first book, Critical, has been translated into four languages.
This talk took place on 3rd February 2024 at 2pm.
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