The woman in the surgeon's body /

The woman in the surgeon's body /

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Author / Creator:	Cassell, Joan.
Imprint:	Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 1998.
Description:	1 online resource (vii, 267 pages)
Language:	English
Subject:	Women surgeons. Surgery -- Practice -- Sex differences. General Surgery. Interpersonal Relations. Physicians, Women. Women surgeons. Electronic books.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11217016

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ISBN:	9780674029279 0674029275 067495467X 9780674954670
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 255-264) and index. Restrictions unspecified Electronic reproduction. [S.l.] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010. Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 English. digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve Print version record.
Summary:	Anthropologist Cassell observed 33 femal surgeons from across North America to determine if they differed from their male colleagues and how any differences affected patient care.
Other form:	Print version: Cassell, Joan. Woman in the surgeon's body. Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 1998

Table of Contents:

What's an Anthropologist Doing Studying Surgeons?
Bodies of Difference
Telling Stories
Women Leading
Forging the Iron Surgeon
The Gender of Care
A Greedy Institution
A Worst-Case Scenario
Surgeons in This Day and Age
Notes
References
Index