The development of cancer services: reflections on a learning journey

Presents a partly anecdotal account of personal and professional experience in the field of cancer care, using stories and analogies which have been found useful in explaining the nature and problems of cancer to a wide range of audiences. Reflects on his time as a professor of clinical oncology, as a postgraduate dean, as the Chief Medical Officer for Scotland and England from 1989 to 1998, and in his present role as Vice-Chancellor of the University of Durham. (Quotes from original text)