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In The Liver Doctor, Dr Cyriac Abby Philips—aka the LiverDoc—takes us inside hospital rooms where science meets uncertainty. Giving us a deeper view into this life as a doctor through the deeply personal encounters in the book that go beyond his familiar Twitter feed, The Liver Doctor tells the story of the most remarkable, resilient organ of our body and the only one capable of regeneration: the liver. In turn, the liver becomes a powerful metaphor for human endurance. From cases like that of a young girl driven to liver failure by supposedly 'natural' remedies, which read like gripping medical investigations, to exploring ancient myths like that of Prometheus, whose liver was eternally devoured and reborn, to following time and history to discover life-saving treatments and the evolution of liver-biopsy techniques, the book moves effortlessly between myth, history and evidence-based medicine, a journey through lived hepatology—where belief collides with data, and hope is tested against prognosis. But this is also a book that asks uncomfortable questions. How much certainty should medicine promise? When does treatment become harm? And how do we live with decisions that cannot be undone? Showcasing a side of TheLiverDoc you have never seen, The Liver Doctor will leave you informed and poignantly unsettled—long after you have read the last page.