Qualified doctor since 1982, trained at Oxford and Cambridge. Trained in psychiatry (London, and Edinburgh, 1987-1996), specialising in liaison psychiatry. Consultant in liaison psychiatry at Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh since 1996 ALSO: author of novels, screenplays, radio and stage drama Specialties: Emergency room psychiatry, transplant psychiatry, somatisation. ALSO: adapting novels for the cinema