Becoming Gods Medical Training in Mexican Hospitals |
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| Author:
| Smith-Oka, Vania |
| Series title: | Medical Anthropology Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-1-9788-1966-5 |
| Publication Date: | Jul 2021 |
| Publisher: | Rutgers University Press
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | AUD $170.00 |
Book Description:
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Becoming Gods is a vivid ethnography of how a cohort of doctors-in-training in the Mexican city of Puebla learn to become doctors. It illustrates the messy, complex, and nuanced nature of medical training, where trainees not only have to acquire a monumental number of skills but do so against a backdrop of strict hospital hierarchy and a crumbling national medical system that deeply shape who they are.
Becoming Gods is a vivid ethnography of how a cohort of doctors-in-training in the Mexican city of Puebla learn to become doctors. It illustrates the messy, complex, and nuanced nature of medical training, where trainees not only have to acquire a monumental number of skills but do so against a backdrop of strict hospital hierarchy and a crumbling national medical system that deeply shape who they are.