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Becoming a Doctor

Becoming a Doctor

A Journey of Initiation in Medical School

Melvin Konner - Author

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ISBN 9780140111163 | 416 pages | 01 Jul 1988 | Penguin | 5.15 x 7.71in | 18 - AND UP
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"A valuable contribution to the growing literature of medical culture."—Gerald Weissman, New York Univ. Medical Center.
Acknowledgments
Preface

1. INTRODUCTION: A Compensatory Pause
2. BASIC CLINICAL SKILLS: The First Encounters
3. EMERGENCY WARD SURGERY: No Man's Land
4. ANESTHESIOLOGY: The Technicians of Sleep
5. WARD SURGERY: Crossing the Boundary
6. NEUROSURGERY AND NEUROLOGY: Lesions of the Soul
7. PSYCHIATRY: The Mind-Body Problem
8. PEDIATRICS: Suffer the Children
9. OBSTETRICS: The Anatomical Volcano
10. GYNECOLOGY: The Machinery of Creation
11. PATHOLOGY: The Aspect of Death
12. MEDICINE I: A Failure of the Heart
13. MEDICINE II: Deathwatches
14. MEDICINE III: Healing and Hope
15. THE FOURTH YEAR: Highlights and Heroes
16. CONCLUSION: Healing Artisans

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