Becoming Gods : : Medical Training in Mexican Hospitals /

Becoming Gods : : Medical Training in Mexican Hospitals / / Vania Smith-Oka.

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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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter EBOOK PACKAGE COMPLETE 2021 English
VerfasserIn:
Smith-Oka, Vania,
MitwirkendeR:
Manderson, Lenore,
Place / Publishing House:New Brunswick, NJ : : Rutgers University Press, , [2021]
©2021
Year of Publication:2021
Language:English
Series:Medical Anthropology
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Physical Description:1 online resource (248 p.) :; 11 b-w illustrations, 1 table
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • CONTENTS
  • ILLUSTRATIONS
  • FOREWORD
  • 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
  • REFERENCES
  • INDEX
  • ABOUT THE AUTHOR

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