Twas The Nightshift Before Christmas by Adam Kay is an amusing nonfiction book about all the Christmases the author spent working in various hospitals. The new guy always picked up the Christmas shifts.
As with all Adam Kay’s books, this is in the form of diary entries and footnotes.
Adam Kay writes with humor and in a very personable style. This is my third book by him and I feel like I ‘know’ him!
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Undoctored by Adam Kay continues on from the end of This Is Going To Hurt. It is about the author’s life after he hung up his stethoscope.
As with the previous book, Adam Kay writes with humor and in a very personable style. It feels as if we are dropping in on his life and sharing his asides – think Miranda or Eric Morecambe in a book.
Adam Kay is very honest in what he shares. There was definitely an awful, jaw-dropping moment that Adam Kay was very brave to share, and what must have been his worst moment, ever.
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This Is Going To Hurt by Adam Kay is a very insightful book about the life of a junior doctor over the years.
It is written in the form of diary entries. Adam Kay specialised in obstetrics and gynecology.
Adam Kay has a very personable style and is highly humorous. Humor is used to cope through some very stressful situations.
We see that at all stages, doctors are over worked, often continuing working long after their shifts officially ended. They are dedicated to the patients they serve.
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