Title:
Letter to a young female physician : notes from a medical life / Suzanne Koven.
ISBN:
9781324007142
Personal Author:
Edition:
First edition.
Publication Information:
New York, NY : W.W. Norton & Company, [2021]
Physical Description:
x, 300 pages ; 22 cm
Contents:
Introduction: letter to a young female physician -- Risk factors -- Prerequisites -- Admissions -- Clinical skills -- Mnemonics -- We have a body -- Things shameful to be spoken about -- Lineage -- The last three pounds -- Mom at bedside, appears calm -- Curbsiding -- An inherited condition -- The disease of the little paper -- The noncompliant patient, reconsidered -- The hateful patient, revisited -- The doctor's new dilemma -- Off the charts -- Head and shoulder -- Sequelae -- Science and kindness -- Bury me in something warm -- Extension -- Mixed emotions -- They call us and we go -- Epilogue: women in STEM.
Summary:
"A poignant, funny, personal exploration of authenticity in work and life by a woman doctor. In 2017, Dr. Suzanne Koven published an essay describing the challenges faced by women doctors, including her own personal struggle with 'imposter syndrome'--a long-held, secret belief that she was not smart enough or good enough to be a 'real' doctor. Accessed nearly 300,000 times by readers around the world, Koven's 'Letter to a Young Female Physician' has evolved into a work that reflects on her career in medicine, in which women still encounter sexism, pay inequity, and harassment. Koven tells engaging stories about her pregnancy during a grueling residency in the AIDS era; the illnesses of her son and parents during which her roles as a doctor, mother, and daughter converged; and the twilight of her career during the COVID-19 pandemic. Letter to a Young Female Physician offers an indelible eyewitness account from a doctor, mother, wife, daughter, teacher, and writer that will encourage readers to embrace their own imperfect selves"-- Provided by publisher.
Personal Subject:
OCLC Number:
on1196177764
Availability:
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