‘A troubled and eccentric GP with a profound vision’: The story that has stayed with me for over 50 years

Dr Malcolm Fisher
Dr John Sassall treating a patient. Photo by Jean Mohr

There are many books that have influenced my life, starting with the Famous Five series and then the New English Bible.

But during my time at medical school, back in the England of the late 1960s, the one that was read by most of my classmates was A Fortunate Man.