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This is Going to Hurt: Secret Diaries of a Junior Doctor by Adam Kay
79 reviews
izzyvioletgrace's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Forced institutionalization, Miscarriage, Pregnancy, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Gore, Infertility, Injury/Injury detail, Child death, Death, Abortion, Blood, and Medical content
Moderate: Terminal illness
Minor: Mental illness, Rape, Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Car accident, Suicide attempt, Domestic abuse, Addiction, Eating disorder, and Emotional abuse
eloiseug's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Death of parent, Infertility, Medical trauma, Blood, Death, Mental illness, Child death, Medical content, Miscarriage, Pregnancy, Suicidal thoughts, Body horror, and Cancer
Moderate: Physical abuse, Alcoholism, Sexual content, Addiction, and Alcohol
Minor: Religious bigotry and Abortion
rebeccaldixon13's review against another edition
3.75
Graphic: Infertility, Suicidal thoughts, Miscarriage, Grief, Child death, Pregnancy, Blood, Death, and Abortion
mxss_winterfell's review against another edition
5.0
To anyone who uses, has used, or knows of the NHS service, I would recommend reading this book.
P.S. Grab a little thank you card or gift for your care team after your next hospital stay; goodness knows the government won't thank them
Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Miscarriage, Medical trauma, Pregnancy, Blood, Medical content, and Infertility
Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Suicide attempt
Minor: Racism, Terminal illness, and Toxic relationship
anastasiak's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Infertility, Medical content, Medical trauma, Terminal illness, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Miscarriage, Injury/Injury detail, Abortion, and Death
bnelson13's review against another edition
5.0
Kay writes how difficult it is working in a system that doesn't quite support doctors, midwives, nurses and other hospital staff, and the impacts on their personal lives that also suffer. Kay has since left the healthcare industry but wrote this novel in solidarity, as an insight into hospital life for the general population after the government started to attack the NHS and saying that doctors are only in it for the money in 2016.
A very insightful read, if you thought working in a hospital was already difficult, it's actually 10x worse than what you had thought. As it is, now in 2023, and with Covid still running rampant, it's clear that a lot of healthcare systems are crumbling due to lack of staffing, lack of care for staff, and governments out to make as many monetary cutbacks as they possibly can. I think we're on a slippery slope with the healthcare system now, and this book is proof that things need to change. Very eye opening. Well worth the read.
Graphic: Medical content and Blood
Moderate: Pregnancy, Miscarriage, Abortion, Death, Vomit, Child death, and Infertility
Minor: Cancer, Excrement, Suicidal thoughts, Alcohol, Drug use, Grief, and Alcoholism
mel_s_bookshelf's review against another edition
4.5
Graphic: Medical trauma, Medical content, Miscarriage, Death, and Child death
Moderate: Infertility
Minor: Suicidal thoughts
kieransilika's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Child death, Death, Mental illness, Injury/Injury detail, Suicidal thoughts, Pregnancy, Self harm, Infertility, Medical content, and Medical trauma
Minor: Addiction, Dementia, Abortion, Racism, Miscarriage, and Animal death
quiet_vulture's review against another edition
5.0
Moderate: Blood, Body horror, Death, and Miscarriage
Minor: Infertility and Suicidal thoughts
smupple's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Blood, Chronic illness, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Vomit, Child death, Miscarriage, Suicidal thoughts, Abortion, Pregnancy, Drug use, Excrement, Infertility, Medical content, Terminal illness, and Medical trauma
Moderate: Grief and Cancer
Minor: Drug use, Domestic abuse, and Drug abuse