Reviews tagging 'Emotional abuse'

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

2 reviews

izzyvioletgrace's review

challenging emotional informative reflective tense medium-paced

4.0

This book is a detailed insight into the life of a doctor. Informative and funny, yet shows the inhumane pressure doctors are put under. 

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Content Warnings

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

amystainton's review against another edition

dark emotional informative sad fast-paced

4.75

A great view into the NHS from a man who has experienced it first hand. Don’t recommend if pregnant.

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Content Warnings

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