Feeling Medicine : : How the Pelvic Exam Shapes Medical Training /

Feeling Medicine : : How the Pelvic Exam Shapes Medical Training / / Kelly Underman.

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Honorable Mention, Sociology of the Body and Embodiment Best Publication Award, given by the Body and Embodiment Section of the American Sociological AssociationThe emotional and social components of teaching medical students to be good doctorsThe pelvic exam is considered a fundamental procedure fo...

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Underman, Kelly,
Place / Publishing House:New York, NY : : New York University Press, , [2020]
©2020
Year of Publication:2020
Language:English
Series:Biopolitics ; 21
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Physical Description:1 online resource :; 8 black and white illustrations
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Introduction: The Quandary of the Sacred Vagina: Medical Education in a New Era
  • 1 The Pelvic Exam and the Politics of Care
  • 2 From Assessing Knowledge to Assessing Performance: GTA Programs, Medical Education Research, and Technologies of Affect
  • 3 “This Power with My Body” Intimate Authority in GTA Sessions
  • 4 Practicing Professionalism, Performing Authenticity
  • 5 “What Does It Mean to Relax Your Hand?” Learning to Feel with the Body in the Pelvic Exam
  • 6 Not Just Bones, Organs, and Science: The New Clinical Subjects of Patient Empowerment
  • Conclusion: Is the Vagina Different from the Mouth? Affect and the Making of Physicians
  • Acknowledgments
  • Appendix A Methodology
  • Appendix B Pelvic Exam Checklists
  • Note
  • Bibliography
  • Index
  • About the Author

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