Terka’s Reviews > This is Going to Hurt: Secret Diaries of a Junior Doctor > Status Update

"It's funny - you don't think of doctors getting ill." It's true, and I think it's part of something bigger: patients don't actually think of doctors as being human.

So I told them the truth: the hours are terrible, the pay is terrible, the conditions are terrible; you're underappreciated, unsupported, disrespected and frequently physically endangered. But there's no better job in the world.

The other thing I realize is that none of her many, many concerns are about herself; it's all about the kids, her husband, her sister, her friends. Maybe that's the definition of a good person.

I'm all for explaining terminology as we go along, but if you don't know, what a stethoscope is, this is probably a book to regift.