Letter to a young female physician notes from a medical life

• Main Author: Koven, Suzanne author
• Format: Book
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY W.W. Norton & Company 2021
• Edition: First edition
• Subjects: Women physicians > Biography > United States; Physicians > Biography; Medicine > Biography; Physician and patient > Biography; Sexism in medicine > Biography; Sex discrimination in medicine > Biography
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• Physical Description: x, 300 pages 22 cm
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references (pages 289-300).
• ISBN: 9781324007142; 1324007141

"A poignant, funny, personal exploration of authenticity in work and life by a woman doctor. In 2017, Dr. Suzanne Koven published an essay describing the challenges faced by women doctors, including her own personal struggle with "imposter syndrome"-a long-held, secret belief that she was not smart enough or good enough to be a "real" doctor. Accessed nearly 300,000 times by readers around the world, Koven's "Letter to a Young Female Physician" has evolved into a work that reflects on her career in medicine, in which women still encounter sexism, pay inequity, and harassment. Koven tells engaging stories about her pregnancy during a grueling residency in the AIDS era; the illnesses of her son and parents during which her roles as a doctor, mother, and daughter converged; and the twilight of her career during the COVID-19 pandemic. Letter to a Young Female Physician offers an indelible eyewitness account from a doctor, mother, wife, daughter, teacher, and writer that will encourage readers to embrace their own imperfect selves"--