This is Going to Hurt

secret diaries of a junior doctor

by Adam Kay, Adam Kay

267 pages

English language

Published Jan. 1, 2017 by Pan Macmillan.

ISBN:: 978-1-5098-5861-3
OCLC Number:: 1003326113

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(5 reviews)

As soon as Adam Kay set foot on a hospital ward for the first time, he realized there's quite a lot they don't teach you at medical school ... His diaries from the NHS front line - scribbled in secret after long nights, endless days and missed weekends - are hilarious, horrifying and heartbreaking by turns. This Is Going to Hurt is everything you wanted to know about being a junior doctor, and more than a few things you really didn't. And yes, it may leave a scar.

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Terence Eden reviewed This is Going to Hurt by Adam Kay

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3 stars

I saw Kay perform his delightfully disgusting parody songs on the Amateur Transplants tour way back in 2008. The humour in this book is much the same - bodily fluids, a healthy disregard for ... shkspr.mobi/blog/2019/01/book-review-this-is-going-to-hurt/

Burtonbartijn reviewed This is Going to Hurt by Adam Kay

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3 stars

Beklemmend inkijkje in de keiharde werk-wereld van een jonge dokter in Engeland, werkend in de NHS. Hij zou eigenlijk 4 sterren mogen hebben vanwege de laatste 2 hoofdstukken (de reflectie op zijn eigen handelen en de indringende open brief aan de minister van volksgezondheid). De rest van het boek was prima, vlot geschreven, cynisch, realistisch, absoluut humoristisch. Maar toch net te weinig diepgang om voor 4, laat staan 5 sterren te gaan. Desalniettemin: wel een boek dat ik met veel plezier gelezen heb.