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What I learned in medical school
personal stories of young doctors
By Takakuwa, Kevin M. & Rubashkin, Nick & Herzig, Karen E. & Elders, Joycelyn
- ISBN
- 978-0-52023-936-4
- Publisher
- Berkeley, Calif ; University of California Press, 2004.
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Library Journal
Reviewed on January 5, 2004
Poignant and revealing, this eclectic collection of short personal essays serves two complementary purposes. On one level, it recounts the challenges and joys medical students experience as they go through their training. On another, it critiques what these students must endure to become doctors--a grueling educational process that entails constant stress and exceedingly long work hours. Pulled together by Takakuwa (a physician at the Univ. of Pennsylvania), Rubashkin (a medical student at Stanford) and Herzig (a researcher at the Univ. of California, San Francisco) the 22 essays reflect the profession's...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
