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PublisherPicador, Pan Macmillan

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ISBN9781529062335

eBay Product ID (ePID)27052048445

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Book TitleThis Is Going to Hurt: Secret Diaries of a Junior Doctor

Narrative TypeNon-Fiction

AuthorAdam Kay

Original LanguageEnglish

FormatPaperback

LanguageEnglish

TopicMedicine, Dramas, Health, Comedies, Media, Relations, Books, Treatments, Doctors, Teaching

Ex LibrisNo

Intended AudienceAdults

Publication Year2022

TypeNovel

GenreDrama, Health, Treatments & Medicine, Fantasy, Humour

Number of Pages304

Dimensions

Item Length19.8 cm

Item Height1.8 cm

Item Width13 cm

Item Weight300 g

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by artge13
30 Jul, 2022
Both entertaining and putting forward an important message.
Adam Kay's "This is Going to Hurt" is a twenty-first century version of the Richard Gordon books which were popular in the 1950s ("Doctor in the House", "Doctor at Sea", etc.). It is presented in diary form and contains very many amusing anecdotes. It has, however, a much more serious message as it reveals the enormous pressure under which junior doctors (i.e. all except consultants) work today. It is an indictment of government policy on the health service and of recent government ministers, especially Jeremy Hunt to whom the author addresses a letter at the end of the book, the contents of which I fully applaud. There is much wrong with a political system in which important decisions about such services as health, education and social care are taken by politicians who are totally ignorant of the impact their legislation will actually have upon those services. If, for example, anyone reads John Major's autobiography, that person will be astounded by the arrogance of the author in his assumption that he always knows best. Kay's book should be compulsory reading for all politicians.
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by misstibs20132013
29 Jul, 2022
A true insight working in the NHS!
Such an entertaining funny but sometimes sad read. To appreciate the work it would help if you worked as a doctor or nurse in the NHS as I did for 30 years
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by jan-jac-lo3xpu9b1h
08 Oct, 2023
Eye opener, informative
A good read, also an eye opener. I’m not surprised he had a change of direction for his / life and saving his sanity.
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by weakh_0
13 Sep, 2023
I enjoyed this book very much
Very good
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by richarlarki_5
10 Aug, 2023
great book
great book very funny
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by stanley5954
22 May, 2024
Very funny.
Cheers up a rainy day and laugh out loud content As an ex NHS worker, it is so relevant!
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by kawhi-2627
12 May, 2024
Not the best quality
Not the best quality
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