This is Going to Hurt: Secret Diaries of a Junior Doctor

Equal parts funny, sad, and wtf (as in, “wtf were they thinking when they put < insert object > up their bum?!”). This was a diary in the life of an OB/GYN working with the NHS as he describes life on the hospital floor delivering babies, stitching up mothers, and regaling the reader with an endless litany of things found in places they shouldn't be. Doctors the world over are overworked, underpaid, and criminally underappreciated for the things they have to put up with. If you know a doctor, or anyone who works in the medical industry, I think the afterword sums it up best. Ask them how their day was, give them an avenue to vent, and let them know they always can. Because they sure as hell don't get the support they need from the people they work for.

Just as a minor note, this book was written from the point of view of someone in the UK, so a lot of specific NHS stuff that's described may be different in the states. I don't have a medical background beyond being able to point at a stethoscope if asked, but it may be jarring for someone in a different location. I imagine the woes are the same the world over, though.

A great book, a short book, a funny book, a sad book.