Experience an incredible insight into the life of a junior doctor, full of humour and harsh reality!

This is Going to Hurt: Secret Diaries of a Junior Doctor is a unique book that reveals the behind-the-scenes of emergency medicine in a refreshingly candid way. If you want to know what it really feels like to face the daily challenges of hospital life, this book offers an honest, funny and often moving account you must not miss.

Adam Kay, a junior doctor working on the front line of the British NHS, takes you on the gruelling journey of 97-hour shifts, constant life-and-death decisions and bizarre situations where the line between humour and pain often blurs. His secret diary entries from exhausting days, sleepless nights and sacrificed weekends bring raw honesty and genuine laughter. The book gives a perspective you rarely see and shows the human side of medicine that is often hidden behind white coats.

Why will you love this book? Because it is not only funny but also true and moving - a perfect combination few can achieve. Thanks to awards such as Sunday Times Humour Book of the Year and iBooks Book of the Year, you know you’re holding a real gem of contemporary literature.

Why buy this book?

• A captivating and authentic view of the tough world of junior doctors who battle not only illness but also bureaucracy.
• The ideal mix of humour and serious themes that will both entertain you and make you think.
• Inspiring and moving stories from behind the hospital doors that you haven’t read before.
• An award-winning book recommended by readers, experts and public figures.
• New and expanded edition with additional diary entries and an afterword by the author.

Main product features

• Author: Adam Kay, an experienced junior doctor and excellent storyteller.
• The book contains real diary entries that reveal the daily realities of the medical profession.
• The work combines humour, humanity and a critical view of the healthcare system.
• Suitable for readers looking for something original, funny and informative at the same time.
• Publisher: information not available, but the book is internationally known and highly sought after.