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This is Going to Hurt

Secret Diaries of a Junior Doctor
By Adam Kay
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"This is Going to Hurt" is a memoir by Adam Kay, drawing from his diaries during his time as a junior doctor in the UK's NHS. It offers a candid, humorous, and sometimes heartbreaking insight into the highs and lows of working on the frontline of healthcare.
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The often hilarious, at times horrifying and occasionally heartbreaking diaries of a former junior doctor, and the story of why he decided to hang up his stethoscope

The often hilarious, at times horrifying and occasionally heartbreaking diaries of a former junior doctor, and the story of why he decided to hang up his stethoscope

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Now A Major BBC Series Starring Ben Whishaw.

The multi-million copy bestseller and Book of the Year at The National Book Awards.

'Painfully funny. The pain and the funniness somehow add up to something entirely good, entirely noble and entirely loveable.' - Stephen Fry

Welcome to the life of a junior doctor: 97-hour weeks, life and death decisions, a constant tsunami of bodily fluids, and the hospital parking meter earns more than you.

Scribbled in secret after endless days, sleepless nights and missed weekends, Adam Kay's This is Going to Hurt provides a no-holds-barred account of his time on the NHS front line. Hilarious, horrifying and heartbreaking, this diary is everything you wanted to know - and more than a few things you didn't - about life on and off the hospital ward.

Sunday Times Number One Bestseller for over eight months and winner of a record FOUR National Book Awards: Book of the Year, Non-Fiction Book of the Year, New Writer of the Year and Zoe Ball Book Club Book of the Year.

This edition includes extra diary entries and an afterword by the author.

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"This is Going to Hurt" by Adam Kay is widely praised for being laugh-out-loud funny and heartbreakingly sad. Reviewers highlight its hilarious, brutally honest portrayal of life as a junior doctor in the NHS, blending humor with poignant insights and political significance.

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781509858637

Publisher: Pan Macmillan

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 19 April 2018

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Picador

Audience: General / adult, Tertiary education, Professional and scholarly

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 19.0mm

Width: 130.0mm

Height: 197.0mm

Weight: 212g

Pages: 304

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About the Author

Adam Kay is an award-winning comedian and writer for TV and film. He previously worked for many years as a junior doctor. He lives in London.

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