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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"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...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction: Letter to a young female physician
• Risk factors
• Prerequisites
• Admissions
• Clinical skills
• Mnemonics
• We have a body
• Things shameful to be spoken of
• Lineage
• The last three pounds
• Mom at bedside, appears calm
• Curbsiding
• An inherited condition
• The disease of the little paper
• The noncompliant patient, reconsidered
• The hateful patient
• The doctor's new dilemma
• Off the charts
• Head and shoulder
• Sequelae
• Science and kindness
• Bury me in something warm
• Extension
• Mixed emotions
• They call us and we go
• Epilogue: Women in STEM.