Becoming a Doctor: A Journey of Initiation in Medical School - Hardcover
"A valuable contribution to the growing literature of medical culture."—Gerald Weissman, New York Univ. Medical Center.
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Melvin Konner, Ph.D., M.D., the author of nine books, is a Samuel Candler Dobbs Professor of Anthropology at Emory University in Atlanta, where he teaches in the anthropology, human biology, and Jewish studies programs. He has written for The New York Times, The New York Times Magazine, Newsweek, the Los Angeles Times, Science, and the New England Journal of Medicine.
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In an arresting and candid commentary on the medical profession, Konner, a maverick, nonpracticing member and chairman of Emory University's department of anthropology, recounts his medical school training, especially the crucial first clinical immersion during the third year. The then 35-year-old medical studentwho was also a husband and father, anthropologist and educatornoted that medical schools are hard-pressed to include in their curricula the many recent technological and medical advances; that they emphasize memorization, routine and conformity over independent judgment. Konner further charges that doctors treat symptoms, ignoring preventive measures and behavioral modification. In his impassioned criticism of how doctors are trained, he nonetheless notes, "If I had it to do over again, I suppose I would still do it"; yet, "I would not want my daughter or son to be a doctor or to marry one." Konner remains decidedly unoptimistic that the healing profession will be altered radically despite recent reappraisals, concluding with dispirit, "plus ca change, plus ca la meme chose." 20,000 first printing.
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- PublisherViking Adult
- Publication date1987
- ISBN 10 0670805548
- ISBN 13 9780670805549
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