From Band-Aids to Scalpels

Rohini Bannerjee

ISBN 10: 1772583324 / ISBN 13: 9781772583328

Published by Demeter Press, 2021

About this Item

This interdisciplinary anthology contributes to the contemporary dialogues about motherhood/mothering drawing attention to the experiences of motherhood/mothering both within medical practice as physicians as well as highlighting motherhood/mothering experiences of medicine, examining both mothers as patients themselves and with their children as patients. As medical schools steadily increase the number of women studying medicine, research on mothers in medical practice would add to a better understanding on the different values, expectations, institutions, and events that shape and define the identities within medicine. How does the increase of women as mothers practicing medicine affect the outcomes of mothers as patients? Does birthing your own child impact your practice? Does knowing your physician or your child's physician is a mother affect your experience as a patient or that of your child's? The edited volume will explore how relationships between motherhood/mothering experiences in/of medicine are presently being theorized, re-examined, negotiated, and most importantly, debated. This is an interdisciplinary volume which unites essays as well as creative submissions that engage with the issue of motherhood experiences in/of medicine, including works of fiction and creative non-fiction in addition to traditional academic writing, allowing an open and innovative space for critical discussion.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: From Band-Aids to Scalpels
• Publisher: Demeter Press
• Publication Date: 2021
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1772583324
• ISBN 13: 9781772583328
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: Good

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Synopsis

This interdisciplinary anthology contributes to the contemporary dialogues about motherhood/mothering drawing attention to the experiences of motherhood/mothering both within medical practice as physicians as well as highlight motherhood/mothering experiences of medicine, examining both mothers as patients themselves and with their children as patients. As medical schools steadily increase the number of women studying medicine, research on mothers in medical practice would add to a better understanding on the different values, expectations, institutions and events that shape and define the identities within medicine. How does the increase of women as mothers practicing medicine affect the outcomes of mothers as patients? Does birthing your own child impact your practice? Does knowing your physician or your child?s physician is a mother affect your experience as a patient or that of your child?s? The edited volume will explore how relationships between motherhood/mothering experiences in/of medicine are presently being theorized, re-examined, negotiated, and most importantly, debated. This is an interdisciplinary volume which unites essays as well as creative submissions that engage with the issue of motherhood experiences in/of medicine, including works of fiction, creative non-fiction, in addition to traditional academic writing, allowing an open and innovative space for critical discussion.

About the Author

Born and raised in Dartmouth, NS, Dr. Rohini Bannerjee is an Associate Professor of French and Francophone Studies, as well as a Faculty member of the Asian Studies Women and Gender Studies programs at Saint Mary’s University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. She is also the Graduate Coordinator for the International Development Studies Program. Her primary area of research is in contemporary Indo-Mauritian Francophone literature and Cultural Studies. Dr. Karim Mukhida is an anesthesiologist and pain physician at Dalhousie University who was born and raised in Halifax, Nova Scotia. He has done clinical training in Neurosurgery and Anesthesia, a PhD in Neurobiology, and an MBA. His interests lie in neuroanesthesia, acute and chronic pain management, the medical humanities, and global health.