Few outsiders realize that student illness is frequently, and
ironically, a by-product of medical training. This unique study by
a medical doctor and trained anthropologist debunks popular myths
of expertise and authority which surround the medical establishment
and asks provoking questions about the acquisition and
dissemination of knowledge within the field. In detailing all
levels of basic training in a London medical school, the author
describes students' 'official' activities (that is, what they need
to do to qualify) as well as their 'unofficial' ones (such as their
social life in the bar).
This insider's expose should prompt a serious reconsideration of
abuses in a profession which has a critical influence over untold
lives. In particular, it suggests that the structures and
discourses of power need to be re-examined in order to provide
satisfactory answers to sensitive questions relating to gender and
race, the dialogue between doctor and patient and the mental
stability of students under severe stress.
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