This Is Going to Hurt: Secret Diaries of a Junior Doctor
Adam Kay was a junior doctor from 2004 until 2010, before a devastating experience on a ward caused him to reconsider his future. He kept a diary throughout his training, and This Is Going to Hurt intersperses tales from the front line of the NHS with reflections on the current crisis. The result...
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Adam Kay was a junior doctor from 2004 until 2010, before a devastating experience on a ward caused him to reconsider his future. He kept a diary throughout his training, and This Is Going to Hurt intersperses tales from the front line of the NHS with reflections on the current crisis. The result is a first-hand account of life as a junior doctor in all its joy, pain, sacr
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Publisher: Picador
Pages no: 256
Edition language: English
It has never ceased to amaze me just how badly our junior doctors are treated. Their decisions are often life-saving, yet they are expected to operate with minimal sleep and almost no time off. This is Going to Hurt brought home some of the facts that I had long been aware of and put them into conte...
Adam Kay writes about his experiences as a doctor throughout his hospital career. The anecdotes are funny, some laugh-out-loud, others are just painful or unusual. At the same time, he describes the plight of the NHS doctor: overworked, underpaid and not appreciated. This is an easy read and I fin...
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