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What I learned in medical school : personal stories of young doctors /

Like many an exclusive club, the medical profession subjects its prospective members to rigorous indoctrination: medical students are overloaded with work, deprived of sleep and normal human contact, drilled and tested and scheduled down to the last minute. Difficult as the regimen may be, for those...

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Other Authors: Takakuwa, Kevin M., Rubashkin, Nick, Herzig, Karen E.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Berkeley : University of California Press, ©2004.
Subjects:
Physicians > Anecdotes.
Physician and patient > Anecdotes.
Medical education > Anecdotes.
Medicine > Anecdotes.
Medical education.
Medical students.
Cultural pluralism.
Prejudices.
Education, Medical
Students, Medical
Cultural Diversity
Prejudice
United States
Personal Narrative
Personal narratives.
Online Access: Full text (MFA users only)
ISBN:9780520939387
0520939387
1417510846
9781417510849
159734995X
9781597349956
Local Note:ProQuest Ebook Central
Table of Contents:
  • Cover; Contents; Foreword; Introduction; PART ONE: LIFE AND FAMILY HISTORIES; Becoming an American; Melanie's Story; Pavement; Whispers from the Third Generation; Borderlands; Poison in My Coffee; PART TWO: SHIFTING IDENTITIES; Necessary Accessories; Medical School Metamorphosis; Why Am I in Medical School?; My Secret Life; Five Points Off for Going to Medical School; Parasympathizing; Sometimes, All You Can Do Is Laugh; A Prayer from a Closeted Christian; Seeing with New Eyes; PART THREE: CONFRONTED; Hoka Hey; My Names; A Case Presentation; Urology Blues; Like Everyone Else.

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