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This Is Going to Hurt

Secret Diaries of a Young Doctor

by Adam Kay
Adam Kay
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Now an AMC+ series starring Ben Whishaw

The acclaimed multimillion-copy bestseller, This Is Going to Hurt is Adam Kay's equally ""blisteringly funny"" (Boston Globe) and "heartbreaking" (New Yorker) secret diaries of his years as a young doctor.

Welcome to 97-hour weeks. Welcome to life and death decisions. Welcome to a constant tsunami of bodily fluids. Welcome to earning less than the hospital parking meter. Wave goodbye to your friends and relationships. Welcome to the life of a first-year doctor.

Scribbled in secret after endless days, sleepless nights, and missed weekends, comedian and former medical resident Adam Kay's This Is Going to Hurt provides a no-holds-barred account of his time on the front lines of medicine.

Hilarious, horrifying, and heartbreaking by turns, this is everything you wanted to know—and more than a few things you didn't—about life on and off the hospital ward.

And yes, it may leave a scar.

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  • Release date

    March 8, 2022

  • Formats

    • OverDrive Listen audiobook

      • ISBN: 9780063228504
      • File size: 166729 KB
      • Duration: 05:47:21

  • Languages

    • English

  • Reviews

    • Library Journal

      June 1, 2022

      Hilarious and heartbreaking at times, Kay's memoir traces the journey of a young doctor who works for the National Health Service (NHS) in the United Kingdom. The NHS is the pride and publicly funded health-care system of England, but physician-turned-writer/comedian Kay indicates that doctors in its employ are a bit abused. Cases and quirky patients are similar for any doctor during training, and Kay settles on a specialty in obstetrics and gynecology, which he chose because he believes that if all goes well, he will end up with more patients. But it doesn't all go well. Kay is the perfect narrator for his story. He provides the right amount of drama or incredulity to each entry. He comes across as an empathetic professional who sometimes wonders how he ended up in medicine. In the end, he passionately defends the NHS and pleads for additional support for its employees. VERDICT With lessons about medicine in general and a particular health-care system that U.S. listeners can compare with their own experiences, this is a must-have for public libraries.--Christa Van Herreweghe

      Copyright 2022 Library Journal, LLC Used with permission.

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