Reviews tagging 'Medical trauma'

This Is Going to Hurt: Secret Diaries of a Medical Resident by Adam Kay

198 reviews

zawium's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative reflective sad tense fast-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Medical content, and Medical trauma

g_smit's review against another edition

dark emotional funny reflective fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Cancer, Child death, Death, Gore, Infertility, Miscarriage, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Blood, Excrement, Medical content, Medical trauma, Abortion, Suicide attempt, and Injury/Injury detail

xchloe_bxx's review against another edition

informative inspiring reflective fast-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

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

fatima3454r's review against another edition

funny reflective

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content and Medical trauma

Moderate: Infertility and Blood

alexisaflop's review against another edition

fast-paced

4.75

Really liked the way it was written and the tone used throughout. I wasn't overly surprised by any of the revelations about the NHS in it, moreso that we continue to do nothing about the problems.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Vomit, and Medical trauma

froggybooks's review against another edition

funny informative fast-paced

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Content Warnings

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

Minor: Self harm and Suicidal thoughts

blankcrayon's review

emotional funny tense fast-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Mental illness, Self harm, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Vomit, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Abortion and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

lotteee11's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative reflective fast-paced

4.0

I think the tone was meant to be lighthearted, but it came across as arrogant, especially on the first 30 or so pages. I also would have preferred the book to be about any specialisation but obstretics and gynaecology, because I simply cannot stand men talking disrespectfully about women in labour (not the writer so much as some of his senior colleagues). There was also some pretty horrible advice in there like taking the pill back to back to get rid of your period, instead of using a menstrual cup which also allows you to have sex without any blood involved whilst actually maintaining a healthy period. Yet, the book did give good insight into the failings of medical and nursing degrees, the inefficiency of NHS systems, and the absurd working hours of junior doctors. It was also well-written and kept me hooked right from the start. Funny, though, is not a word I would use to describe this memoir.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Miscarriage, Blood, Medical trauma, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Pregnancy

jemima_reads15's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative fast-paced

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Child death, Death, Drug use, Infertility, Miscarriage, Blood, Excrement, Antisemitism, Medical content, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, Pregnancy, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Fatphobia

kain47's review against another edition

emotional funny informative fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Medical trauma, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Child death and Abortion