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This is Going to Hurt: Secret Diaries of a Junior Doctor by Adam Kay
47 reviews
rebecca713's review against another edition
3.0
Graphic: Pregnancy, Medical content, Death, Blood, Suicidal thoughts, Child death, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Cancer
Minor: Terminal illness
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
emilo's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Vomit, Medical content, Medical trauma, and Blood
Moderate: Self harm
Minor: Terminal illness, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Suicide attempt, Antisemitism, Fatphobia, and Racism
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
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
bookbird's review against another edition
5.0
Jan 2024: I don't think I'll ever be able to properly express how highly I recommend this book.
Graphic: Self harm, Suicide attempt, Excrement, Fatphobia, Gore, Grief, Medical content, Medical trauma, Suicide, Addiction, Miscarriage, Blood, Body horror, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Child death, Pregnancy, Abortion, Death, Domestic abuse, Alcohol, Cancer, Eating disorder, Terminal illness, Violence, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Infertility, and Vomit
rosalie362819's review against another edition
3.0
“It now seemed extreme and unreasonable in terms of what was expected of me, but at the time, I’d just accepted it as part of the job. The extra mile was the normal distance.”
Graphic: Blood, Child death, Death, Death of parent, Grief, Cancer, Medical content, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Terminal illness, Infertility, Injury/Injury detail, and Pregnancy
Moderate: Abortion
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