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This Is Going to Hurt: Secret Diaries of a Medical Resident by Adam Kay
6 reviews
xchloe_bxx's review against another edition
4.75
Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Cancer, Child death, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Homophobia, Infertility, Miscarriage, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Blood, Vomit, Antisemitism, Medical content, Grief, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, Car accident, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail
puifaii's review against another edition
5.0
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
toyin_'s review against another edition
3.25
Graphic: Child death, Death, Gore, Racism, Terminal illness, Medical content, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, Abortion, and Suicide attempt
ramreadsagain's review against another edition
This was excellent, I've never laughed so hard and so frequently at a book, and then had the last few pages nearly make me cry. Our NHS is something we need to grab on to with both hands and never let go, yet the UK government is making many willingly chuck it down the drain. The problems in the NHS (caused by government cuts etc) can be fixed by investing in the NHS and its doctors (and nurses, and other staff), not by getting rid of it. As someone who hopefully has 30-40 years before I start seriously needing healthcare, I am afraid for what that will look like in our country by then. Do I start saving now?
Some sections in particular were really informative, such as the part about how NHS access to fertility help works (i.e. arbitrarily and cruelly), and in general the ridiculous ways that junior doctors are treated in terms of where and how they work. My partner's sister will be a junior doctor next year and I'll be very interested (and probably saddened) to hear what has changed.
Loved this book, though could tell it had all gone through heavy editing. Would have liked a more realistic look at what his daily thoughts would have looked like jotted down back then.
Some heavy fatphobia in some places to the usual doctor tune of "why would they not just lose weight? fat people are idiots amirite" which was disappointing. It always amazes me how little doctors know about how that works.
Graphic: Cancer, Child death, Blood, Medical content, and Medical trauma
Moderate: Terminal illness and Abortion
Minor: Domestic abuse, Fatphobia, Vomit, Religious bigotry, and Suicide attempt
bookgraham's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Child death, Infertility, Miscarriage, Blood, Medical content, Medical trauma, and Abortion
Minor: Alcoholism, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gore, Racism, Sexism, Excrement, Antisemitism, Religious bigotry, Alcohol, and Classism
eloiseug's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Body horror, Cancer, Child death, Death, Infertility, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Medical content, Medical trauma, Death of parent, and Pregnancy
Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Physical abuse, Sexual content, and Alcohol
Minor: Religious bigotry and Abortion