![]() He has a dry sense of humour, and there were moments in the book where I laughed out loud. Kay was training in Obstetrics & Gynaecology, which lent itself to plenty of entertaining and embarrassing stories involving private parts. Each chapter opens with an introduction to a new clinical year, and follows with a collection of diary entries. “This is Going to Hurt” was written after Dr Adam Kay left the NHS in 2010 – the year I finished medical school. ![]() ![]() In fact, I’ve given my man friend, who is non-medical, the book to see if he will react to the book in a different way (I suspect that that’ll be the case). ![]() I’ll preface this review by saying that being a doctor myself, I am a biased reader. Below is my review of the book, as well as my personal reflections on how this book has given me an insight on the reactions I’ve received to my own story. I read the paperback edition – published last year – which had a new introduction, afterword, and extra diary entries. ![]() “This is Going to Hurt: Secret Diaries of a Junior Doctor” by Adam Kay first came to my attention when someone tagged me in an Insta-Story about it. ![]()
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