A review by onthelam
This Is Going to Hurt: Secret Diaries of a Junior Doctor by Adam Kay

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny informative inspiring reflective sad tense fast-paced

5.0

i just finished reading this and i am shook .I cant believe that we are in the 21st century yet people have to go through such torture constantly. i cant believe there is nothing we can do. i have a sister who's gonna become a doctor because of parental pressure, I have a friend. i cant believe that this is how the most important profession is treated..this is how we treat the people we put our lives in the hand of. The title was true, this is going to hurt and it should hurt for this hurt is nothing faced with what these people go through.I am grateful to this book for bringing me awareness about this topic and helping me make some major decisions of my own life.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Gore, Miscarriage, Sexual content, Blood, Excrement, Medical content, Medical trauma, Death of parent, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Cancer, Chronic illness, Infertility, Terminal illness, Excrement, Dementia, Grief, and Abortion

Minor: Addiction, Body shaming, Chronic illness, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Infertility, Mental illness, Racial slurs, Racism, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Vomit, Dementia, Suicide attempt, and Alcohol