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008			250312041976GB eng
020			_a9780878556229
037			_bTaylor & Francis _cGBP 36.99 _fBB
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041			_aeng
072	7		_aJHB _2thema
072	7		_aJHB _2bic
072	7		_aSOC026000 _2bisac
100	1		_aHoward S. Becker
245	1	0	_aBoys in White
250			_a1
260			_aOxford _bRoutledge _c19760101
300			_a470 p
520			_bThe transition from young layman aspiring to be a physician to the young physician skilled in technique and confident in his dealings with patients is slow and halting. To study medicine is generally rated one of the major educational ordeals of American youth. The difficulty of this process and how medical students feel about their training, their doctor-teachers, and the profession they are entering is the target of this study. Now regarded as a classic, Boys in White is of vital interest to medical educators and sociologists. By daily interviews and observations in classes, wards, laboratories, and operating theaters, the team of sociologists who carried out this firsthand research have not only captured the worries, cynicism, and basic idealism of medical students—they have also documented many other realities of medical education in relation to society. With some sixty tables and illustrations, the book is a major experiment in analyzing and presenting qualitative data.
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