Reviews tagging 'Medical content'

Unnatural Causes by Richard Shepherd

39 reviews

nojerama's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative reflective tense medium-paced

4.5

A follow up from reading Beyond The Tape by Dr Marie Cassidy last year. A fascinating book that captivated me from the get go, and the more reflective tone and focus on Dr Shepherd's mental health was an interesting perspective to pair alongside the clinical case studies. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Addiction, Hate crime, Self harm, Alcoholism, Body horror, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Police brutality, Blood, Car accident, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Murder, Physical abuse, Violence, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Grief, Gun violence, Abandonment, Confinement, Fire/Fire injury, Mass/school shootings, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexual harassment, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Terminal illness, Mental illness, Child death, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Torture, Cursing, Death, and Medical trauma

Moderate: Dementia, Cancer, Chronic illness, Confinement, and Excrement

procrastinatingpages's review against another edition

informative inspiring reflective sad slow-paced

4.0

This was one of those books that I’m sure everyone could take something away from it, but at the same time, I think the subject matter would also push people away from reading it.

My enjoyment of this book, and how informative I found it to be definitely hinges on the fact that I studied criminology and therefore knew a few of the cases discussed and the laws/processes mentioned. 

For those who perhaps aren’t as interested in understanding or researching different areas of the justice system and the way the branches work together, this book may not be for them.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content, Death, and Child death

bridget_t's review against another edition

emotional hopeful informative reflective sad fast-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Police brutality, Physical abuse, Murder, Child abuse, Child death, Medical content, Genocide, and Death

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders and Mental illness

Minor: Self harm

carlytenille's review against another edition

challenging informative slow-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Mass/school shootings, Blood, Child death, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Medical trauma, Medical content, Murder, and Suicidal thoughts

alisonannk's review against another edition

dark emotional informative sad medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Car accident, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Death of parent, Panic attacks/disorders, Mass/school shootings, Gore, Medical content, Violence, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Murder, Blood, Death, Hate crime, and Medical trauma

Moderate: Addiction, Drug use, Drug abuse, Alcohol, Terminal illness, Vomit, Alcoholism, Police brutality, and Racism

Minor: Cancer

rach_11's review

challenging dark informative inspiring medium-paced

4.5

As someone intimate in field of medicine, this book familiriased me with aspects of forensic medicine far beyond textbooks. The approach to cases, the personal conflicts, the evolving world of medicine and ability to cope with such changes, fragility of mental health- this was a emotional, inspiring novel to read. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content

This books involves descriptions of the dead, at varying stages and varying circumstances. It also involves some harrowing circumstances leading to death, so avoid the book if you are unable to deal with such descriptions.

nila's review against another edition

challenging informative reflective tense fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content, Death, and Medical trauma

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Racism, Self harm, Police brutality, and Sexual violence

_shonahenderson's review

challenging informative reflective medium-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Addiction, Physical abuse, Sexual violence, Body horror, Cancer, Child abuse, Child death, Police brutality, Chronic illness, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Gore, Grief, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Medical content, Sexual assault, and Violence

sage_honey's review against another edition

informative inspiring medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content and Medical trauma

eliel's review against another edition

dark informative mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Child death, Domestic abuse, Hate crime, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Murder, Mental illness, Self harm, and Violence

Moderate: Death

Minor: Drug abuse, Alcoholism, Drug use, and Alcohol