Reviews tagging 'Self harm'

This is Going to Hurt: Secret Diaries of a Junior Doctor by Adam Kay

41 reviews

afiya2004's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative reflective fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical trauma, Body horror, Gore, Blood, Cursing, and Death

Moderate: Miscarriage

Minor: Drug use, Self harm, and Racism

kemakitty's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny informative fast-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content and Medical trauma

Moderate: Child death, Death, Miscarriage, and Pregnancy

Minor: Self harm

lozababe's review against another edition

dark emotional funny informative sad fast-paced

5.0

I have had this on my want to read list for a long time, but after watching the TV series (twice) it quickly moved up to my must read now list and it did not disappoint. 
Written as different chapters in Adam Kay’s life, from newly qualifying to the incident that lead him to quit medicine, this book covered all aspects of life as a doctor. Each chapter starts with an explanation about the post he is in and a few anecdotes from his life. It then moves onto diary entries from the time in each post.
The book had me laughing at the ridiculousness of some situations, cringing at others and tearing up at a few too. It opens your eyes to the dire state of the NHS and how doctors are always viewed as well paid for short hours when that’s really not true. They are underpaid, under appreciated and overworked in a system that is failing them. We are lucky to have our NHS in this country and we should appreciate it much more than we do sometimes. 
Adam’s writing is both informative and witty and it was a pleasure to read and was one that I flew through as it was so easy to read that I didn’t want to put it down at all.
The main takeaway that I have from this book is how much the system needs to change for those working for the NHS but in order for that to happen, governments need to stop trying to privatise parts of it and set unobtainable targets all while the expecting those that work there to spend the majority of their life at work and only getting paid for some of it. All of the staff are under tremendous pressure and they need their loved ones support before we lose all of them to easier and better paying jobs. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Blood, Cursing, Medical content, Miscarriage, Medical trauma, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Death, Infertility, Pregnancy, Abortion, and Child death

mimsyweretheborogoves's review against another edition

dark funny informative inspiring lighthearted tense fast-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical trauma, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Child death, Self harm, and Medical content

Moderate: Abortion, Cancer, Pregnancy, Chronic illness, and Infertility

Minor: Suicidal thoughts

eliza_flamingo1's review against another edition

dark emotional funny informative sad tense medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content, Medical trauma, Child death, Pregnancy, Cancer, Grief, Miscarriage, Cursing, Death, Blood, Infertility, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Alcohol, Drug use, Self harm, Eating disorder, Suicidal thoughts, Domestic abuse, Terminal illness, Mental illness, Suicide, and Suicide attempt

elementarymydear's review against another edition

emotional funny fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical trauma, Death, Medical content, Miscarriage, and Child death

Moderate: Self harm

Minor: Suicide

tomesandtash's review against another edition

emotional funny informative medium-paced

5.0

This book taught me so much about working for the NHS and it was equal parts heartbreaking and hilarious. It made me angry, sad, and laugh all within a matter of pages. But I do think this book is really important, especially since the pandemic. The NHS is so underappreciated and this book comes straight from the horses mouth in telling us the best and the worst parts of day to day life in the NHS. It's such a quick read, you could get it done in a matter of hours, please read this. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, and Child death

Moderate: Infertility, Death, Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, and Blood

Minor: Cancer, Self harm, Racism, Terminal illness, and Mental illness

imhidinginabook's review against another edition

dark emotional funny informative inspiring reflective tense fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Miscarriage, Suicidal thoughts, Self harm, Medical trauma, Medical content, and Mental illness

Moderate: Death

Minor: Abortion

07kl3y's review against another edition

dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring sad tense fast-paced

5.0

the perfect balance of funny and gut wrentching. which sounds weird now i type this

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Cancer, Child death, Infertility, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Medical trauma, Miscarriage, Pregnancy, Racism, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, and Vomit

elanor_jp's review against another edition

emotional funny informative lighthearted reflective medium-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content

Moderate: Medical trauma, Miscarriage, Pregnancy, Death, and Blood

Minor: Abortion, Cancer, Child death, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, and Mental illness