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Becoming gods : medical training in Mexican hospitals /

Through rich ethnographic narrative, Becoming Gods examines how a cohort of doctors-in-training in the Mexican city of Puebla learn to become doctors. Smith-Oka draws from compelling fieldwork, ethnography, and interviews with interns, residents, and doctors that tell the story of how medical traine...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Smith-Oka, Vania, 1975- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New Brunswick : Rutgers University Press, [2021]
Colección:Medical Anthropology Ser.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover
  • Series Page
  • Title Page
  • Copyright
  • Dedication
  • Contents
  • List of Illustrations
  • Foreword by Lenore Manderson
  • Introduction: Medicine as an (Extra)Ordinary Social Commitment
  • 1. Women Can't Be Trauma Doctors, and Other Gendered Stories of Medicine
  • 2. Doctors on the March: Punishment, Violence, and Protests
  • 3. The Soul of the Hospital: Life as an Intern
  • 4. Internalizing and Reproducing Violence
  • 5. The Body Learns: Transforming Skills and Practice in Obstetrics Wards
  • Conclusion: Medicine as an Imperfect System
  • Acknowledgments
  • Glossary
  • Notes