The White Coat Diaries

2020-09-15
 |  Fiction
The White Coat Diaries

Author: Madi Sinha

Publisher: Penguin

ISBN: 9780593098202

Category: Fiction

Page: 368

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Grey’s Anatomy meets Scrubs in this brilliant debut novel about a young doctor’s struggle to survive residency, love, and life. Having spent the last twenty-something years with her nose in a textbook, brilliant and driven Norah Kapadia has just landed the medical residency of her dreams. But after a disastrous first day, she's ready to quit. Disgruntled patients, sleep deprivation, and her duty to be the "perfect Indian daughter" have her questioning her future as a doctor. Enter chief resident Ethan Cantor. He's everything Norah aspires to be: respected by the attending physicians, calm during emergencies, and charismatic with his patients. And as he morphs from Norah’s mentor to something more, it seems her luck is finally changing. But when a fatal medical mistake is made, pulling Norah into a cover-up, she must decide how far she’s willing to go to protect the secret. What if “doing no harm” means putting herself at risk?

With and Without the White Coat

2014-12-15
 |  Social Science
With and Without the White Coat

Author: Lata Murti

Publisher: Universal-Publishers

ISBN: 9781612334264

Category: Social Science

Page: 204

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This study examines the role of occupational status in the racialization of Indian physicians in Southern California. Since the liberalization of U.S. immigration policy in 1965, the number of first and second-generation Indian doctors in the U.S. has grown to nearly seven percent of the nation's physician workforce; however, Indians constitute less than one percent of the total U.S. population. Overrepresented in one of America's most prestigious professions, Indians are more visible in U.S. medicine than in the U.S. at large. Previous scholarship in immigration research, Asian American Studies, and the sociology of occupations has paid little attention to these professional non-white immigrants and their racial experience in the U.S. Asian American Studies in particular has focused primarily on the racial-ethnic identity formation of economically disadvantaged non-white groups, under the assumption that professional Asian Americans' class status and occupations in the sciences effectively shield them from racist harm and preclude their engagement in racial politics. This research shows that Indian doctors' high occupational status and class privilege provide them only partial, situational protection from racism. They have what I call occupational citizenship --access to most of the same rights and privileges as whites only when perceived as being both professionally successful and economically beneficial to the U.S. They are clearly marked as occupational citizens during clinical interactions with patients, when they are in the white coat. But outside of this context, they are subject to racist treatment from colleagues, staff, health care institutions, and the general public. The particular forms of racism these doctors face, as well as how they interpret this racism, have as much to do with their gender, immigrant generation, and perception of others' race and class, as with their own professional class status. These findings are based on fifty-two interviews with first and second generation Indian doctors in Southern California as well as participant observation at the monthly meetings of two regional Indian medical associations. I also observed seven Indian doctors at work, noting their interactions with patients, staff, and colleagues. Southern California represents an ideal case for understanding the racial formation of Indian physicians in the U.S. because of its large but dispersed population of established Indian physicians, and its overall diversity of race, ethnicity, and class.

Black Man in a White Coat

2015-09-08
 |  Biography & Autobiography
Black Man in a White Coat

Author: Damon Tweedy, M.D.

Publisher: Picador

ISBN: 9781250044648

Category: Biography & Autobiography

Page: 304

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A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • ONE OF TIME MAGAZINE'S TOP TEN NONFICTION BOOKS OF THE YEAR A LIBRARY JOURNAL BEST BOOK SELECTION • A BOOKLIST EDITORS' CHOICE BOOK SELECTION One doctor's passionate and profound memoir of his experience grappling with race, bias, and the unique health problems of black Americans When Damon Tweedy begins medical school,he envisions a bright future where his segregated, working-class background will become largely irrelevant. Instead, he finds that he has joined a new world where race is front and center. The recipient of a scholarship designed to increase black student enrollment, Tweedy soon meets a professor who bluntly questions whether he belongs in medical school, a moment that crystallizes the challenges he will face throughout his career. Making matters worse, in lecture after lecture the common refrain for numerous diseases resounds, "More common in blacks than in whites." Black Man in a White Coat examines the complex ways in which both black doctors and patients must navigate the difficult and often contradictory terrain of race and medicine. As Tweedy transforms from student to practicing physician, he discovers how often race influences his encounters with patients. Through their stories, he illustrates the complex social, cultural, and economic factors at the root of many health problems in the black community. These issues take on greater meaning when Tweedy is himself diagnosed with a chronic disease far more common among black people. In this powerful, moving, and deeply empathic book, Tweedy explores the challenges confronting black doctors, and the disproportionate health burdens faced by black patients, ultimately seeking a way forward to better treatment and more compassionate care.

A Man with White Coat

2022-09-28
 |  Biography & Autobiography
A Man with White Coat

Author: LOM HARSH

Publisher: Clever Fox Publishing

ISBN:

Category: Biography & Autobiography

Page: 178

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This book is based on the journey of Dr Sunil kumar Garssa and many other doctors who no matter what willing to sacrifice their personal interest for the sake of humanity. Dr. Sunil Kumar Garssa, amicably known as the man with the healing hand in the medical circuit, began his journey in 1994. He persued his MBBS from the S.M.S Medical in Jaipur, Rajasthan. MD Medicine from RNT Medical College from Udaipur and Doctrate in Medicine (Cardiology) from SGPGI, Lucknow. Cometh any problem, Dr. Sunil Kumar is the man, the healer. A legend of sorts, he is a force to reckon with when it comes to dealing with cardiology, especially the coronary procedure through radial route. As the duty begins Dr. Sunil Kumar Garssa performed more than 25000 successful Cardiac Procedures so far in his journey. These numbers are itself an achievement. Dr. Sunil Kumar Garssa is specialist in doing coronary procedure from radial route. Also, specialist in using advance techniques like rota ablation, FFR, IVUS for coronary Procedure. Also doing pacemaker and structural heart disease interventions at his own Dana Shivam heart and Super specialty Hospital, about 90%.coronary procedures are through the radial route. He made a team of Doctors in year 2015 and established a multispeciality hospital at heart of Jaipur, named Dana Shivam Heart and Super Speciality Hospital. Awarded, Fellowship in American college of Cardiology (FACC) in 2018 and then Fellow in the Society of Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions (FSCAI) in 2021. He was awarded as the Business leader of Rajasthan 2019 for his contribution in health care and praises for his work by state chief minister Ashok Gehlot.

Sparks in the Dark

2012
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Sparks in the Dark

Author: Christopher Robertson

Publisher: FriesenPress

ISBN: 9781770970588

Category:

Page: 217

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Sparks in the Dark is an anthology of fictional short stories. Sit back and enter a world where the ties of family are put to the test; where a coffee shop conversation turns to the future of mankind; where a television show may be a little too real; and where a young man may be just a little too eager to burn rubber on the road. There's these and many others that will make you laugh, make you cry and throw chills down your spine. Caution: Due to the extreme possibility that these stories may induce goosebumps, you're advised to read during sunlight, surrounded by many people. Enjoy!

White Coat Fever

2009
 |  Fiction
White Coat Fever

Author: Roland S. Jefferson

Publisher: AuthorHouse

ISBN: 9781438951522

Category: Fiction

Page: 310

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Stepping back from his critically acclaimed crime genre novels, Roland S. Jefferson's White Coat Fever takes the reader on a fascinating trip back in time to the exciting world of the 1960's, when Motown, Jazz and the civil rights movement defined an entire generation. And nowhere was the aspiration of upward mobility more evidenced than on black college campuses where some middle-class black women became obsessed with the idea of marrying doctors. September, a hauntingly attractive civil rights worker who finds both love and brutality in Mississippi jails..... Perry, a brilliant medical student spoiled by good looks and his reputation as the ultimate womanizer... Aiyana, a self centered predatory social climber determined to marry a doctor at any cost, even if she doesn't love him..... Bennyboy, an idealistic and principled young medical student who shares an illicit past with a girl he once loved..... Here then is Roland S. Jefferson's magnificant, highly imaginative and immensely compelling story of a black cultural lifestyle at a pivotal time in history.....as four young people are plunged into the center of a raging conflict between political idealism and the relentless obsessions about class, color and romantic entitlement. But obsessions, even noble ones, can sometimes go tragically awry.....

White Coats

2012-03-21
 |  Fiction
White Coats

Author: Tenny Wilson

Publisher: Abbott Press

ISBN: 145820071X

Category: Fiction

Page: 146

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After her husband commits her to a mental institution in the 1930s, Wilma Cooke gives birth to her fourth child. She is not allowed to see the baby. But her doctor, a kindly man named Dr. John Stewart, has no children of his own and decides to secretly adopt the boy. He names him Brandon. As the years pass, Brandon grows to be a strong, intelligent young man. He enters medical school in Chicago, and sometimes helps his father at the mental institution. It is there that he realizes Wilma is his real mother. He starts asking his father questions and learns that he has two brothers and a sister. For Brandon, meeting them becomes one of the most important quests of his life. When Brandon finds his now-grown siblings, he’s jubilant and plans to have a reunion along with Wilma. There are tough questions about his real father that Brandon still wants answered. But he has medical school to get through and he doesn’t need any distractions. Should he open the door to the past or leave well enough alone?

3 to Get Ready

2015-02-21
 |  Humor
3 to Get Ready

Author: Frank Herbert Spittle

Publisher: Xlibris Corporation

ISBN: 9781503540439

Category: Humor

Page: 352

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Many opportunities surface only once. When meeting challenges, too often you'll only fire off one round. Make it your best shot. In 3 to Get Ready, Frank Herbert Spittle reviews life’s aspects through “the way I see it,” examining mistakes, and remedies for surviving rough patches. He offers a collection of essays, examinations, revelations, memoirs, and lamentations, all spiced with the humor found throughout his writings. The big puzzler: how to prepare the way for enjoying ones hundredth birthday. It’s a large order, but everyone alive holds the gift of thirty additional years more than generational predecessors. We’re all living longer.

Both Sides of the White Coat

2000-10-30
 |  Family & Relationships
Both Sides of the White Coat

Author: Scott E. Eveloff

Publisher: iUniverse

ISBN: 9780595133079

Category: Family & Relationships

Page: 138

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This book is the result of seven years of fear, uncertainty, and hardship as a family has attempted to cope with a child's unexpected life-threatening illness. This story differs from that of many other families coping with childhood illness in that we as parents already had intimate "insider" knowledge of serious illness. I was a specialist in critical care and pulmonary medicine when our son was born, while his mother Ruth was a practicing pediatrician. It was an ironic combination for two parents who were soon coping with their own newborn's critical condition. The past seven years have seen our family sink from the depths of desperation then rise to cautious optimism as Andrew currently is physically disable with congenital muscular dystrophy but is as thriving and happy as any other seven-year-old boy. I have taken the insights gained through such an extraordinary combination of professional and personal experience and have created a guide for other parents overwhelmed by a child's illness and intimidated by the medical establishment. Parents will relate to our personal story, and will hopefully benefit from and become empowered by my insights as both a physician and parent.

Short White Coat

2009-11-03
 |  Medical
Short White Coat

Author: James Feinstein

Publisher: FeinMind Media

ISBN: 0985399201

Category: Medical

Page:

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Most people will, at some point or another, either find themselves dressed in a tiny hospital gown or staring at someone else dressed in a tiny hospital gown. Whether from the perspective of a patient, a family member, or a medical professional, we all have a significant stake in the process of medical education. While numerous memoirs recount physicians' grueling experiences during residency, few focus on the even more formative portion of medical training: the third year of medical schoolthe clinical year. Short White Coat: Lessons from Patients on Becoming a Doctor is the disarmingly honest, yet endearing and sometimes funny account of a medical student's humbling initiation into the world of patient care.Written during his third year of medical school at the University of Pennsylvania, James Feinstein's Short White Coat uses a series of engaging narrative essays to illustrate the universal life lessons that his very first patients teach him. He examines some of the most common issues and feelings that medical students encounter while learning how to meet, talk with, touch, and care for their patients. Along the way, he learns from his own mistakes before discovering the answer to the question that plagues every medical student: "Do I have what it takes to become a doctor?"

Yenni

2002
 |  Australia
Yenni

Author: Eugenia Jenny Williams

Publisher: DoctorZed Publishing

ISBN: 9781864031492

Category: Australia

Page: 342

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The dismemberment of Czechoslovakia and the growing tension in Eastern Europe ruptured into World War II in 1939, unleashing a succession of disasters that would redefine the borders, ideologies and cultures of this region for years to come. Against this backdrop, Jenny Williams tells us a story of survival that is vivid, almost cinematic - a child's experience of war, through teenage years and the early days of Soviet control in Czechoslovakia; of the oppression of the Hungarian language and culture, and of socialist youth rallies; to optimism, disillusion and fear of the Prague Spring, Dubcek's reforms and the Soviet invasion of 1968, which led to her emigration to Australia. Yenni: A Life Between Worlds reveals a blueprint for happiness that sustains the author despite decades of disappointment and oppression. She does this without a hint of sentimentality, like a marvellous conversation that goes long into the night, combining the vision and sensibilities of a child with the intelligence, wit and compassion of an adult - human in a way we fear might become precarious.