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Chin (MD, Harvard Medical School) has brought together about 100 stories, poems, essays, and quotations that speak to the joys and trials of being a woman in the field of medicine. Beginning with the writings of early medical pioneers, the anthology reveals how women have coped with the demands of a medical career in addition to being wives, mothers, and community leaders. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
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This Side of Doctoring: Reflections for Women in Medicine offers up an intimate collection of stories, poems, essays, and quotations that captures the joy and heartbreak of being women and being a physician. Editor Eliza Lo Chin (MD, Harvard Medical School) has gathered more than 100 voices that speak to the trials, rewards, and surprises of practicing medicine. Beginning with the writings of early medical pioneers, the anthology weaves a rich patchwork of experiences. Raw and honest, This Side of Doctoring acquaints us with worlds we could otherwise only imagine. Throughout these pages you'll find the expressions of courage, doubt, fatigue, perseverance, frustration, and triumph that make up the lives of women physicians. These are the stories of choosing a life in medicine and the many roadmaps that women follow in living that life.
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