US$12.64, US$7.92 The pain and the funniness somehow add up to something entirely good, entirely noble and entirely loveable. {"bd_js_shop":"Shop","bd_js_too_long_for_shipping_label":"Sorry, that's too long for our shipping labels","bd_js_too_long":"Sorry, that's too long","bd_js_could_not_find_address_try_again":"Sorry, we couldn't find the address. US$18.26, US$16.11 US$14.04, US$10.11 © 2021 this is an overall entertaining read and one that has a massive societal importance. Adam Kay is a British comedian, former doctor and the bestselling author of the phenomenally popular This is Going to Hurt. US$15.95, US$13.43 Expected delivery to the United States in 8-13 business days. The many things people can put in their bodies, unreal. by Picador. . Just a moment while we sign you in to your Goodreads account. 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Always illuminating and searingly honest -- Jonathan Dimbleby This should be required reading for anyone who works in, uses or even voices an opinion about the NHS. I loved it so much that I read it in a day but it would be a great book to read and put down and come back to often 4/5 or 7.5/10, Adam Kay is an award-winning comedian and writer. US$23.88, US$18.43 . Then when you're at the end of an entry that captures your attention, stop. So a spanking can hurt the spanker too, and not just in the emotional sense of the traditional preliminary saying, âThis is going to hurt me more than it hurts you.â. US$19.99, US$41.12 One of the most beautiful, heart-wrenching, hilarious books I will ever have the pleasure of reading. I am going to be in so much trouble when my sister finds out I gave this book to my niece as this is probably not a very appropriate book for a 17-year-old. It was a mostly irreverent look at the early years of being a junior doctor, then an obstetrician, until something catastrophic happens to a patient and the author turned from medicine to writing comedy. I found some of the diary entries so utterly horrifying and surprising, I was sitting there thinking, what the hell? âThis is Going to Hurtâ is by turns, funny, moving, revealing, heartening and shocking. With Jeff Probst, Jud Birza, Jane Bright, Dan Lembo. Luckily it's incredibly funny - so funny, in fact, that it gave me a hernia from laughing -- Joe Lycett A scurrilously funny, poignant and fascinatingly horrific tale of being torn to pieces and spat out by the strangely loveable but graceless monster that is the NHS -- Milton Jones If we lose the NHS, Adam Kay's diary of his him as a junior doctor will become a historical record of a unique, empathy-powered machine, and make it not just one of the funniest books I've ever read, but one of the saddest, too -- David Whitehouse What a hilarious, stomach-churning, thought-provoking heartbreaker of a book. Kay has given us a very human account of life in the NHS in the role of a junior doctor and brings into sharp focus the absurdly long shifts and the super-human demands that are imposed and expected of doctors and many other health professionals in the NHS. I recommend that you buy it or borrow it from the library and then pick a nice, comfortable spot and just start reading, don't stop. This is a valuable window into the life of a junior doctor that should be required reading for all -- Sarah Shaffi * Stylist * This is a brilliant book -- Russell Howard Brilliant -- Mark Haddon, author of The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time All of human life is contained in these diaries . One copy of The Boys: This is Going To Hurt Deluxe Edition . Adam Kay's deft comic tone is a brilliant counterpoint to his most serious of intents: to impress upon us the importance of the NHS in our lives and the irreversible damage being inflicted upon it by indifferent governments. Your headline is the very first copy your potential customers see ⦠In-depth DC, Virginia, Maryland news coverage ⦠One concerns herbal medicine and the other the very serious topic of spousal abuse and how the hospital dealt with it in pregnant women. US$14.04, US$16.00 Being Hurt or going through a hurtful phase in life is one of the toughest things one can experience in life. |, 130 US$15.95, US$18.57 Try amazon or audible. It's not for the squeamish, be prepared for lots of blood, births, bad language, and assorted 'implements' stuck in places they really shouldn't be. It's wonderful -- Jonathan Ross So clinically funny and politically important for supporters of the NHS that it should be given out on prescription * Guardian * Painfully funny. This is Going to Hurt: Secret Diaries of a Junior Doctor. I could resonate with every single word he wrote, and I'm sure, most doctors can. . He previously worked as a junior doctor, which is hopefully clear by now. In part funny and heartwarming, yet also utterly heartbreaking and disillusioned. His first book "This is Going to Hurt: Secret Diaries of a Junior Doctor" was a Sunday Times number one bestseller for over a year and has sold over two million copies. A new Twin Cities PBS-produced American Masters documentary, Laura Ingalls Wilder: Prairie to Page, premiering Dec. 29 on PBS, looks at the âcultural legacy and complicated historyâ of Wilder. Available. But there’s no better job in the world.”. US$28.00, US$24.34 I highly recommend this book, and wish it could be dished out as prescribed reading (if you'll pardon the pun). I loved this. Lyrics.com is a huge collection of song lyrics, album information and featured video clips for a seemingly endless array of artists â collaboratively assembled by our large music community and contributing editors. ), and before she answers, she asks her extremely posh five-year-old, 'Do you know what the economy is, darling?' He previously worked for many years as a junior doctor. Kay makes for a compelling bedfellow as he explores the terrifying world of the amazing men and women (just about) holding the NHS together -- Francesca Brown * Stylist * A heartening, laugh-out-loud confessional on the indignities and quiet joys of being a junior doctor . This is a non-fiction read all about the NHS and the way that the system works. A must read for patients too - lifting the bonnet on the working life of your jobbing hospital doctor -- Prof Clare Gerada MBE, past chair of the Royal College of General Practitioners An urgent, devastating yet truly funny account of life at the coalface of the NHS. Paperback. 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. A genuinely funny collection of stories from a former doctor; some so horrifying, surprising, or amusing that I had those hard-to-breathe-while-laughing moments, immediately making Audible clips and sending them to all my friends. This Is Going to Hurt: Secret Diaries of a Junior Doctor by Adam Kay â review. US$17.00, US$21.66 US$14.04, US$12.68 Trails run alongside irrigation channels, called levadas, that move water all ⦠. You can't. I found myself laughing in horror over and over, but Kay's poignant final act brought me to tears. US$14.04, US$33.75 However, I could not stand Kay’s obnoxious views on the struggles doctors deal with day to day, yes being a doctor is relentless, stressful and brings little reward, however he seemed to me to be completely disrespectful of other healthcare professionals and actually quite insulti. The doctor said that apricot stones had cyanide in, the death cap mushroom is often fatal, Nature does not equal safe and that there was a plant in his garden where if you simply sat under it for ten minutes you'd be dead. . US$35.00, US$23.12 US$26.99, US$24.89 Let us know what’s wrong with this preview of, Published It's a quite brilliant book and will soothe the sorrows of many junior (and senior) doctors and remind us all why we entered this wonderful profession. US$10.70 brimming not just with humour but with humanity . . Refresh and try again. US$27.00, US$16.78 US$14.04, US$26.63 It's laugh-out-loud funny, heartbreakingly sad and gives you the lowdown on what it's like to be holding it together while serving on the front line of our beloved but beleaguered NHS. However, I could not stand Kay’s obnoxious views on the struggles doctors deal with day to day, yes being a doctor is relentless, stressful and brings little reward, however he seemed to me to be completely disrespectful of other healthcare professionals and actually quite insulting of midwives in particular. US$17.00, US$24.35 Stop in order to think and reflect on what you would do differently if you were in Adam's shoes? . . You must read this book if you like reading, like laughing or love our NHS. 'Yes, Mummy. Some, such as the time "an extremely posh" patient arrives in the antenatal clinic, are just hilarious: "Her extremely posh eight-year-old asks her a question about the economy (! Yes, I was cringing. I'd appreciate someone answering :), See all 13 questions about This is Going to Hurt…, This Is Going to Hurt: Secret Diaries of a Junior Do, This Is Going to Hurt: Secret Diaries of a Junior Doctor, April & May 2020 Non Fiction Group Read - This Is Going to Hurt: Secret Diaries of a Junior Doctor by Adam Kay, [Poll Book Tally] This is Going to Hurt: Secret Diaries of a Junior Doctor by Adam Kay 3 stars. PDF This is Going to Hurt: Secret Diaries of a Junior Doctor. It has something of all those writers, but with an added dash of a profane Adrian Mole . US$22.99, US$21.76 Yet I did laugh. US$9.82, US$19.01 In ⦠Facebook Announces Major Band Page Changes & Theyâre Probably Going To Hurt You Facebook has announced major changes that will affect evey musician and marketer using Page ⦠Leaders Jun 27th 2009 edition. His most recent book Kayâs Anatomy is published in October 2020. US$14.04, US$22.80 x 19mm -- Mark Lawson * Guardian * And This is Going to Hurt by Adam Kay is not just laugh-out-loud funny, but precise, upsetting, and utterly sobering for anyone at all connected with the NHS. I howled, yelped and occasionally choked with laughter . BBC Two and AMC have tapped the Emmy-winning actor to star in the upcoming adaptation of Adam Kayâs hospital-life memoir, This Is Going to Hurt⦠But she is determined to become a doctor and she needs to know it’s not just about rockstar surgeries and making buckets of money. -- Cathy Rentzenbrink By turns hilarious, shocking, heartbreaking and humbling -- John Niven Much like the NHS itself, this book is filled with hope, despair, miracles, catastrophe and acres of the sharpest gallows humour. It has been translated into 37 languages and is winner of four National Book Awards, including Book of the Year, and will be a major new comedy drama for the BBC. Adam Kay (Author) 4.7 out of 5 stars. It is set out in the format of a diary, which made for easy reading. Well the clue is in the title â itâs going to hurt. Put it this way, there was a tremendous amount of talk on people inserting extremely weird and wonderful objects up their vaginas to improve their sex lives. ... the author weaves in his reflections on the medical profession now and where itâs going. In the toilets they had a sign saying 'if you want to discuss any concerns about violence at home, put a red sticker on the front of your notes,' and there were sheets of red dot stickers in every cubicle. ), and before she answers it, she asks her extremely posh five year-old "Do you know what the economy is, darling?". Heâd grunt and snort and say, âIâm going to kill you.â Ms. Raitt called 911 on New Yearâs Day, when it seemed as if he was about to hurt her and possibly her teenage son. That the NHS lost Kay is a tragedy. There are many hilariously gruesome anecdotes in this book. DESCRIPTION `Painfully funny. Breaking news and analysis on politics, business, world national news, entertainment more. US$12.64, US$13.38 . It's the part of the plane that's terrible.' US$18.00, US$13.10 US$21.07, US$10.99 By using our website you agree to our use of cookies. Apple has always tended to play by its own rules. Rarely have I been so impressed (if that’s the right word) by the willingness of individuals to achieve a memorable sex life by inserting objects into orifices and then having to go to A&E to have them removed. That way, I was able to concentrate and enjoy the book more than I thought I would. . Share this book page. It is a collection of compelling photography and stories that capture the rage, love, optimism, darkness, and determination that shape his work. I loved it -- Kit Wharton, author of Emergency Admissions This made me laugh out loud and cry in equal measures. After an emotional visit from home, one alliance is faced with a difficult decision to secure their own fate in the game. Description Adam Kay was a junior doctor from 2004 until 2010, before a devastating experience on a ward caused him to reconsider his future. Anchoring the wisecracks is Kay's heartfelt respect for Britain's junior doctors and the ignoble realities of a noble profession. But thereâs no better job in the world.â. Start by marking “This is Going to Hurt: Secret Diaries of a Junior Doctor” as Want to Read: Error rating book. US$28.11, US$19.07 US$24.99, US$18.32 We use cookies to give you the best possible experience. I once met Adam Kay, and he left a distinct negative impression on me. Kay is a skilful, muscular writer, his narrative swinging from laugh-out- loud anecdotes to tales of sheer horror. “Her extremely posh eight year-old asks her a question about the economy (! US$12.64, US$33.82 His television writing credits include Crims, Mrs. Brown's Boys and Mitchell and Webb. I like to think of it sitting on a shelf next to Henry Marsh, Atul Gawande and Paul Kalanithi, turning the air bluer and bluer. Like. A blisteringly funny account shot through with harrowing detail, many pertinent truths and the humanity we all hope doctors conceal behind their unflappable exteriors. US$23.72, US$14.44 It's told in a diary format from the years when Adam Kay was a junior doctor and was part of the system. Adam Kay (Author) ⺠Visit Amazon's Adam Kay Page. Sept. 24, 2018. . US$49.19, US$43.86 Adam Kay's style of writing is immaculate - so dry yet dripping with witticisms and hysterical anecdotes. [A woman had come to the hospital with a bleeding from her vagina problem. SUCH an important book. Piles of this book should be in every GP surgery waiting room and A&E department in the country. Deep Dive Opinion: âThis is going to hurtâ â pain is on the way for the four big U.S. banks Published: April 20, 2020 at 7:51 a.m. We see how the NHS has been struggling as time goes on to keep up the standards and staff levels, and we see the strain it can take on a doctor. This Is Gonna Hurt: Music, Photography, and Life Through the Distorted Lens of Nikki Sixx is part photo, part journalâbut all Nikki Sixx. Irreverent humor, spread around. Maybe you could try it and see if this method works for you too :), This is Going to Hurt: Secret Diaries of a Junior Doctor. US$35.14, US$19.96 The first time in many years that I have stayed up late at night, curled up in bed, and read from start to finish an entire book. -- Maggie O'Farrell Brutally funny . A lot. . . Please try again","bd_saving_percent_off":"{0}%
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How would you react to certain patients? x 197 âSo I told them the truth: the hours are terrible, the pay is terrible, the conditions are terrible; youâre underappreciated, unsupported, disrespected and frequently physically endangered. He is best known as author of the number-one bestselling book This Is Going to Hurt . Ben Whishaw is scrubbing in. This review and other non-spoilery reviews can be found. US$15.45, US$9.27 Adam Kay is a writer, comedian and former junior doctor. Adam Kay. You'll laugh, you'll cry, you'll laugh some more, you'll think twice about ever reproducing -- Dean Burnett, author of The Idiot Brain Hilarious from the first page - very, very funny. £4.50. Overall: I loved this one and laughed so many times I lost count. This is going to hurt. 67 likes. Goodreads helps you keep track of books you want to read. 12,959. -- Stephen Fry You will laugh, cry and be overwhelmed with gratitude for the medical profession who work so shockingly hard to patch us up and prolong our lives * Daily Express * Finally a true picture of the harrowing, hilarious and ultimately chaotic life of the junior doctor in all its gory glory, dark comedy and unavoidable sadness. . Unusual and funny and sad -- Pam Ayres By turns witty, gruesome, alarming, and touching. We also get to see the way that Adam Kay dealt with many of the tests on his own time and relationships. . This book may hurt, but in an important and necessary way -- Cathy Rentzenbrink * The Times * Unputdownable. * The Times, The 100 best books to read this summer * What I like about this is it's not written by an old pro giving you his views after 30 years, but by a young man who faced all the problems of a modern NHS. Some of the stories are cringe worthy, some unbelievable, but things these young doctors encounter. US$23.88, US$12.92 September 7th 2017 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. US$19.99, US$11.07 Barack Obama was elected in part to fix Americaâs health-care system. A lot. Not for the squeamish. âThe novels, as she left them, are almost works of folk art that capture the attitudes of the time,â Caroline Fraser says in the documentary. But it takes Kay's account of his 97-hour-week struggle to see just how rough. The multi-million copy bestseller and Book of the Year at The National Book Awards. It has been translated into 37 languages and is winner of four National Book Awards, including Book of the Year, and will be. Adam Kay. Of course in the states we don't have National Health, but many of the snippets of humor are universal. âThis is Going to Hurt: Secret Diaries if a Junior Doctorâ by Adam Kay is a tough but important read. . The Book Depository Ltd.UK. Introduction - i: Introduction Chapter - 1: House Officer Chapter - 2: Senior House Officer Post 1 Chapter - 3: Senior House Officer Post 2 Chapter - 4: Senior House Officer Post 3 Chapter - 5: Registrar Post 1 Chapter - 6: Registrar Post 2 Chapter - 7: Registrar Post 3 Chapter - 8: Registrar Post 4 Chapter - 9: Senior Registrar Chapter - 10: Aftermath Section - ii: An Open Letter to the Secretary of State for Health Acknowledgements - iii: Acknowledgements, I'd prescribe this book to anyone and everyone. US$12.64, US$10.45 US$23.88, US$19.44 ET . I also found that the best time to read it was when I wasn't massively busy with anything. Don't stop until, I recommend that you buy it or borrow it from the library and then pick a nice, comfortable spot and just start reading, don't stop. 4.6 out of 5 stars. This book was an amazing insight into the life of a former Doctor. Browse our lyrics and artists database alphabetically or use our advanced query capabilites to search by keywords. That was the case when its first staff were toiling in a garage to build their first machines, and it is the case today when it is making ⦠We’d love your help. a complete eye-opener * Red * Laugh-out-loud funny . 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. jaw-dropping * New Statesman * Kay intersperses horror stories from the NHS front line with blissfully brilliant wordplay * Daily Mail * Uniquely funny and unexpectedly heartbreaking -- Adam Hills This is Going to Hurt: Secret Diaries of a Junior Doctor by Adam Kay is so clinically funny and politically important for supporters of the NHS that it should be given out on prescription. Your Headline Just Isnât Working. This was a DNF for me, as a nurse working in the emergency room, I can relate to a lot of the references in this book, especially the dark humour - that’s how we healthcare professionals get through the stress of work. 277 pages | first published 2017. Adam Kay is not the most likable person, he can be cocky, narcissistic and make completely inappropriate jokes about his former patients, but at the end of the book when he shows his emotional side and reveals reasons left medicine and that part was hitting a bullseye for me.
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How would you react to certain patients? x 197 âSo I told them the truth: the hours are terrible, the pay is terrible, the conditions are terrible; youâre underappreciated, unsupported, disrespected and frequently physically endangered. He is best known as author of the number-one bestselling book This Is Going to Hurt . Ben Whishaw is scrubbing in. This review and other non-spoilery reviews can be found. US$15.45, US$9.27 Adam Kay is a writer, comedian and former junior doctor. Adam Kay. You'll laugh, you'll cry, you'll laugh some more, you'll think twice about ever reproducing -- Dean Burnett, author of The Idiot Brain Hilarious from the first page - very, very funny. £4.50. Overall: I loved this one and laughed so many times I lost count. This is going to hurt. 67 likes. Goodreads helps you keep track of books you want to read. 12,959. -- Stephen Fry You will laugh, cry and be overwhelmed with gratitude for the medical profession who work so shockingly hard to patch us up and prolong our lives * Daily Express * Finally a true picture of the harrowing, hilarious and ultimately chaotic life of the junior doctor in all its gory glory, dark comedy and unavoidable sadness. . Unusual and funny and sad -- Pam Ayres By turns witty, gruesome, alarming, and touching. We also get to see the way that Adam Kay dealt with many of the tests on his own time and relationships. . This book may hurt, but in an important and necessary way -- Cathy Rentzenbrink * The Times * Unputdownable. * The Times, The 100 best books to read this summer * What I like about this is it's not written by an old pro giving you his views after 30 years, but by a young man who faced all the problems of a modern NHS. Some of the stories are cringe worthy, some unbelievable, but things these young doctors encounter. US$23.88, US$12.92 September 7th 2017 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. US$19.99, US$11.07 Barack Obama was elected in part to fix Americaâs health-care system. A lot. Not for the squeamish. âThe novels, as she left them, are almost works of folk art that capture the attitudes of the time,â Caroline Fraser says in the documentary. But it takes Kay's account of his 97-hour-week struggle to see just how rough. The multi-million copy bestseller and Book of the Year at The National Book Awards. It has been translated into 37 languages and is winner of four National Book Awards, including Book of the Year, and will be. Adam Kay. Of course in the states we don't have National Health, but many of the snippets of humor are universal. âThis is Going to Hurt: Secret Diaries if a Junior Doctorâ by Adam Kay is a tough but important read. . The Book Depository Ltd.UK. Introduction - i: Introduction Chapter - 1: House Officer Chapter - 2: Senior House Officer Post 1 Chapter - 3: Senior House Officer Post 2 Chapter - 4: Senior House Officer Post 3 Chapter - 5: Registrar Post 1 Chapter - 6: Registrar Post 2 Chapter - 7: Registrar Post 3 Chapter - 8: Registrar Post 4 Chapter - 9: Senior Registrar Chapter - 10: Aftermath Section - ii: An Open Letter to the Secretary of State for Health Acknowledgements - iii: Acknowledgements, I'd prescribe this book to anyone and everyone. US$12.64, US$10.45 US$23.88, US$19.44 ET . I also found that the best time to read it was when I wasn't massively busy with anything. Don't stop until, I recommend that you buy it or borrow it from the library and then pick a nice, comfortable spot and just start reading, don't stop. 4.6 out of 5 stars. This book was an amazing insight into the life of a former Doctor. Browse our lyrics and artists database alphabetically or use our advanced query capabilites to search by keywords. That was the case when its first staff were toiling in a garage to build their first machines, and it is the case today when it is making ⦠We’d love your help. a complete eye-opener * Red * Laugh-out-loud funny . 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. jaw-dropping * New Statesman * Kay intersperses horror stories from the NHS front line with blissfully brilliant wordplay * Daily Mail * Uniquely funny and unexpectedly heartbreaking -- Adam Hills This is Going to Hurt: Secret Diaries of a Junior Doctor by Adam Kay is so clinically funny and politically important for supporters of the NHS that it should be given out on prescription. Your Headline Just Isnât Working. This was a DNF for me, as a nurse working in the emergency room, I can relate to a lot of the references in this book, especially the dark humour - that’s how we healthcare professionals get through the stress of work. 277 pages | first published 2017. Adam Kay is not the most likable person, he can be cocky, narcissistic and make completely inappropriate jokes about his former patients, but at the end of the book when he shows his emotional side and reveals reasons left medicine and that part was hitting a bullseye for me.