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The Weight of the White Coat : Latinos Navigating American Medicine.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Flores, Glenda M.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Hispanic Americans in medicine--United States.
- Hispanic Americans in medicine.
- Minorities in medicine--United States.
- Minorities in medicine.
- Hispanic Americans--Medical care--United States.
- Hispanic Americans.
- Racism in medicine--United States.
- Racism in medicine.
- Sex discrimination in medicine--United States.
- Sex discrimination in medicine.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (261 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Berkeley : University of California Press, 2025.
- System Details:
- Mode of access: World Wide Web.
- Summary:
- Little has been written about Latina/o physicians as students, people, or workers in a high-skill occupation in the United States. The Weight of the White Coat traces the life stages that Latina/o physicians follow and the social mechanisms that shape their careers, from the role of the family to different educational trajectories and even the practice of medicine. Glenda M. Flores turns a careful eye to this diverse pan-ethnic group in an elite profession, observing how demographic characteristics such as gender and ethnicity act like cumulative weights in their coat pockets, producing hindrances for some and elevating others as they provide care in poor and wealthy communities. Here, the high occupational status of Latina/o doctors offers a unique lens for examining the varied experiences of physicianhood and the still unsettled contours of Latinidad.
- Contents:
- Cover
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Contents
- List of Tables and Figures
- Acknowledgments
- 1. The White Coat's Polyvalence
- 2. Gendered Career Choices
- 3. Circuitous Pathways
- 4. Gendered Networks and Linguistic Capital
- 5. Gendered Deference or Sabotage?
- 6. Shades of Racism
- 7. Clinicians and Patients
- 8. Preparing Tomorrow's Doctores
- Afterword: Doctoring during and after COVID-19
- Appendix A: Physicians' Demographics by Sex
- Appendix B: Latine Medical Students' Demographics
- Notes
- References
- Index.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 0-520-40924-8
- OCLC:
- 1517398617
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