Reviews tagging 'Eating disorder'
This is Going to Hurt: Secret Diaries of a Junior Doctor, by Adam Kay
13 reviews
bookbird's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Infertility, Mental illness, Abortion, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicide attempt, Fatphobia, Gore, Terminal illness, Vomit, Cancer, Addiction, Alcohol, Death, Blood, Body horror, Child death, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Excrement, Pregnancy, Suicidal thoughts, Grief, Injury/injury detail, Violence, Medical content, Medical trauma, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Suicide, Miscarriage, and Self harm
leonormsousa's review against another edition
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
nelsvy's review against another edition
4.75
Graphic: Death, Medical content, and Pregnancy
Moderate: Medical trauma
Minor: Suicide, Eating disorder, Grief, Infertility, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexual assault, Abortion, and Miscarriage
amylia_k's review against another edition
4.75
Graphic: Death, Infertility, Injury/injury detail, Medical content, Blood, and Pregnancy
Minor: Suicidal thoughts, Mental illness, Abortion, Infertility, Eating disorder, Miscarriage, Injury/injury detail, and Cancer
wolf013's review against another edition
4.75
Graphic: Cursing, Pregnancy, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Blood, Cancer, Child death, Death, Vomit, Medical content, Medical trauma, Mental illness, and Racism
Moderate: Self harm and Suicide attempt
Minor: Dementia, Abortion, Eating disorder, Excrement, Alcohol, Antisemitism, Domestic abuse, and Miscarriage
izzy_rose_hardy's review against another edition
4.5
Graphic: Medical trauma and Medical content
Moderate: Child death, Miscarriage, and Death
Minor: Cancer, Abortion, Eating disorder, and Infertility
eliza_flamingo1's review against another edition
4.5
Graphic: Medical content, Medical trauma, Child death, Pregnancy, Cancer, Grief, Miscarriage, Cursing, Death, Blood, Infertility, and Injury/injury detail
Moderate: Alcohol, Drug use, Self harm, Eating disorder, Suicidal thoughts, Domestic abuse, Terminal illness, Mental illness, Suicide, and Suicide attempt
onthelam's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Child death, Death, Death of parent, Excrement, Pregnancy, Medical trauma, Miscarriage, Blood, Gore, Medical content, and Sexual content
Moderate: Excrement, Abortion, Cancer, Chronic illness, Dementia, Grief, Infertility, and Terminal illness
Minor: Alcohol, Body shaming, Dementia, Eating disorder, Mental illness, Racial slurs, Suicide, Drug abuse, Drug use, Chronic illness, Domestic abuse, Suicide attempt, Addiction, Cursing, Infertility, Racism, Suicidal thoughts, and Vomit
emmamcbride21's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Death, Suicide, Terminal illness, Miscarriage, Infertility, Dementia, Abortion, Child death, Cancer, Blood, Pregnancy, Medical trauma, Medical content, Injury/injury detail, Eating disorder, Drug use, and Domestic abuse
maduvanthivenkatesan's review against another edition
4.0
Minor: Abortion, Addiction, Alcoholism, Blood, Cancer, Child death, Chronic illness, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Excrement, Fatphobia, Grief, Infertility, Injury/injury detail, Medical content, and Medical trauma
This was so affecting and especially poignant reading it as someone who dropped out of medical school. I loved learning about the ins and outs of obs and gynae medicine, about different conditions and their treatments. It was deeply frustrating and angering to read about the deep systemic issues chipping away at the health system and the affect it had on doctors. I work for a union now and it made my blood boil to witness such appalling working conditions and health and safety arising from austerity. The author narrates the book in such a laid-back and funny way, which makes the sad bits even more impactful. Would definitely recommend it!