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This is Going to Hurt: Secret Diaries of a Junior Doctor by Adam Kay
25 reviews
leonormsousa's review
5.0
- the bigger message: no health care provider does what they do for money, they do it to help other people and for passion
- incredibly funny and witty
- very honest and raw, maybe a consequence of the descriptive and factual tone: the author does not try to paint himself or anyone else in a good or bad light
- great insights into the life of a medical care taker (doctor):
- the lack of working conditions
- their struggles with balancing work with personal life
- the pressure and the emotional weight they’re under
- the feeling of unreadiness and how they grow as doctors with time
- working in public vs private healthcare
- the side notes explaining the more medical/technical terms really help guide us common people
- the author narration in the audiobook is exceptional
WHAT I DIDN'T ENJOY
- if you’re not from the UK or are not familiarized with its health and education systems, there might be a couple of things that you don’t grasp as well. it's not something that affects your reading experience much and tbh a google search can probably solve it...
RECOMMENDED TO
- everyone!
- i feel like it’s an essential read to better understand and appreciate the work of health care providers
- i imagine it might be especially interesting for other healthcare providers since they will probably relate to some of the experiences
- the only exception to my recommendation is if you have triggers connected to medical content & pregnancies (recommend checking the full list of TWs)
Moderate: Grief, Blood, Cancer, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Terminal illness, Body horror, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Pregnancy, Abortion, Child death, Drug use, Excrement, Infertility, and Medical trauma
cicelybelle's review
5.0
Graphic: Death, Drug use, Gore, Grief, Infertility, Medical trauma, Miscarriage, Abortion, Addiction, Blood, Child death, Pregnancy, Suicide attempt, Terminal illness, Violence, Alcoholism, Vomit, Cancer, Excrement, and Injury/Injury detail
ninah17's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Alcohol, Cancer, Dementia, Infertility, Medical trauma, Suicidal thoughts, Abortion, Addiction, Alcoholism, Blood, Body horror, Child death, Chronic illness, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Drug use, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Pregnancy, Self harm, Sexual content, Terminal illness, and Vomit
bennyholm's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Medical content, Medical trauma, Miscarriage, Pregnancy, Vomit, Body horror, Cursing, Death, Grief, Infertility, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Blood, Cancer, Drug use, and Abortion
Moderate: Body shaming, Chronic illness, and Addiction
afiya2004's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Medical trauma, Body horror, Gore, Blood, Cursing, and Death
Moderate: Miscarriage
Minor: Drug use, Self harm, and Racism
eliza_flamingo1's review against another edition
4.5
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
onthelam's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Child death, Death, Death of parent, Excrement, Pregnancy, Medical trauma, Miscarriage, Blood, Gore, Medical content, and Sexual content
Moderate: Excrement, Abortion, Cancer, Chronic illness, Dementia, Grief, Infertility, and Terminal illness
Minor: Alcohol, Body shaming, Dementia, Eating disorder, Mental illness, Racial slurs, Suicide, Drug abuse, Drug use, Chronic illness, Domestic abuse, Suicide attempt, Addiction, Cursing, Infertility, Racism, Suicidal thoughts, and Vomit
emmamcbride21's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Death, Suicide, Terminal illness, Miscarriage, Infertility, Dementia, Abortion, Child death, Cancer, Blood, Pregnancy, Medical trauma, Medical content, Injury/Injury detail, Eating disorder, Drug use, and Domestic abuse
amystainton's review against another edition
4.75
Graphic: Alcoholism, Death, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Gore, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Mental illness, Pregnancy, Racism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Alcohol, Blood, Cancer, Child death, Chronic illness, Classism, Dementia, Drug abuse, Drug use, Hate crime, Infertility, Medical trauma, Miscarriage, Suicide, and Terminal illness
kathrinellis's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Abortion, Alcoholism, Blood, Cancer, Child death, Chronic illness, Death, Drug use, Excrement, Fatphobia, Infertility, Medical content, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Pregnancy, Terminal illness, and Vomit