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The woman in the surgeon's body / Joan Cassell.
- Title
- The woman in the surgeon's body / Joan Cassell.
- Author
- Cassell, Joan.
- Publication
- Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 1998.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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| Text | Request in advance | RD31.5 .C38 1998 | Off-site |
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- Description
- vii, 267 pages; 22 cm
- Summary
- Cassell observed thirty-three surgeons in five North American cities over the course of three years. We follow these women through their grueling days: racing through corridors to make rounds, perform operations, hold office hours, and teach residents. We hear them, in their own words, discuss their training and their relations with patients, nurses, colleagues, husbands, and children.
- Do these women differ from their male colleagues? And if so, do such differences affect patient care? The answers Cassell uncovers are as complex and fascinating as the issues she considers. A unique portrait of the day-to-day reality of these remarkable women, The Woman in the Surgeon's Body is an insightful account of how being female influences the way the surgeon is perceived by colleagues, nurses, patients, and superiors - and by herself.
- Subject
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [255]-264) and index.
- ISBN
- 067495467X (alk. paper)
- LCCN
- 97047091
- Owning Institutions
- Columbia University Libraries