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Becoming Gods: Medical Training in Mexican Hospitals

Contributor(s): Smith-Oka, Vania (Author)

ISBN: 9781978819665

Publisher: Rutgers University Press

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Pub Date: July 16, 2021

Dewey: 610.71550972

LCCN: 2020043991

Lexile Code: 0000

Features: Bibliography, Glossary, Illustrated, Index, Maps

Target Age Group: NA to NA

Physical Info: 0.00" H x 0.00" L x 0.00" W ( 0.00 lbs) 228 pages

Series: Medical Anthropology

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Description: 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.

Review Quotes: New Books Network - New Books in Anthropology interview with Vania Smith-Oka-- "New Books Network - New Books in Anthropology"

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