Reviews tagging 'Medical trauma'

Kohta voi vähän kirpaista - Nuoren lääkärin salaiset päiväkirjat by Adam Kay

194 reviews

riannamarie's review against another edition

emotional funny reflective fast-paced

4.25

I am a medical student close to beginning my working life in Australia so this book is particularly eye opening for me. I listened to the audiobook of this where Adam narrates so I felt like he was reading me a funny yet gut-churning bedtime story. 

This book is filled with insights from Adam's time in the NHS as a junior doctor where he worked his way up the chain until he became an O and G senior reg. It made me laugh out loud multiple times because of Adam's sarcastic quips about his patient experiences. It also forced me to revise O and G in a fun way (I'll thank him in my graduation speech). At certain points I gasped at the shear grusomeness of some of the stories (and trust me, not a lot shocks me now). The degloving story will be forever burned into my brain.

I approach the next year with excitement and a healthy dose of cautious trepidation after reading this story. In Australia it's not as bad; the working hours and conditions are much better than the NHS from what I have heard. You still hear enough stories that make you slightly wary of what's to come. I just hope stories like this have made a difference for us future doctors.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Medical content, Medical trauma, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Child death

leaflover's review against another edition

dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Cancer, Child death, Chronic illness, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Infertility, Miscarriage, Self harm, Sexism, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Abortion, Death of parent, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

hjb_128's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny informative reflective sad fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Miscarriage, Blood, Medical content, Medical trauma, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Cancer, Child death, Death, Eating disorder, Gore, Infertility, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Abortion, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Domestic abuse

puifaii's review against another edition

emotional funny informative sad fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Emotional abuse, Infertility, Miscarriage, Self harm, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Medical trauma, Pregnancy, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Cancer, Drug use, Racism, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, and Classism

Minor: Physical abuse, Self harm, Excrement, Religious bigotry, and Abortion

haleybre's review against another edition

emotional funny informative reflective sad fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Chronic illness, Cursing, Death, Fatphobia, Infertility, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, and Pregnancy

ibbyyyyy's review against another edition

funny informative reflective fast-paced

5.0

A perfectly honest and hilarious depiction of healthcare. I really felt for Adam as he went through the arduous process of moving through the ranks of junior and senior doctor. We nurses tend to focus so much on the negative ways doctors impact us day to day but I’m encouraged to think more of the positive- and give them more grace. Adam captured exactly the turmoil, chaos, and humor that I think all healthcare workers can relate to.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Blood, Medical content, Medical trauma, and Pregnancy

Minor: Cancer

talyasj's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny informative inspiring fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infertility, Miscarriage, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Pregnancy, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Child death, Death, Drug use, Suicide, Dementia, and Abortion

Minor: Racism and Dementia

lazza's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad tense fast-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Child death, Cursing, Death, Infertility, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Blood, Medical content, Medical trauma, Pregnancy, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Drug use and Dementia

leontyna's review against another edition

3.0

It was interesting but at times I got annoyed by the author's opinions or jokes, especially the fatphobic ones.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Medical content, Medical trauma, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Death, Mental illness, Miscarriage, and Abortion

Minor: Body shaming, Cancer, Fatphobia, Infertility, Racism, Self harm, Terminal illness, and Grief

hornsa13's review against another edition

dark emotional funny hopeful medium-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Miscarriage, Medical content, Grief, and Medical trauma