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About this book
Honorable Mention, Sociology of the Body and Embodiment Best Publication Award, given by the Body and Embodiment Section of the American Sociological Association The emotional and social components of teaching medical students to be good doctors The pelvic exam is considered a fundamental procedure for medical students to learn; it is also often the one of the first times where medical students are required to touch a real human being in a professional manner. In Feeling Medicine, Kelly Underman gives us a look inside these gynecological teaching programs, showing how they embody the tension between scientific thought and human emotion in medical education. Drawing on interviews with medical students, faculty, and the people who use their own bodies to teach this exam, Underman offers the first in-depth examination of this essential, but seldom discussed, aspect of medical education. Through studying, teaching, and learning about the pelvic exam, she contrasts the technical and emotional dimensions of learning to be a physician. Ultimately, Feeling Medicine explores what it means to be a good doctor in the twenty-first century, particularly in an era of corporatized healthcare.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Half Title
- Series Page
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Contents
- Introduction: The Quandary of the Sacred Vagina: Medical Education in a New Era
- 1. The Pelvic Exam and the Politics of Care
- 2. From Assessing Knowledge to Assessing Performance: GTA Programs, Medical Education Research, and Technologies of Affect
- 3. “This Power with My Body”: Intimate Authority in GTA Sessions
- 4. Practicing Professionalism, Performing Authenticity
- 5. “What Does It Mean to Relax Your Hand?” Learning to Feel with the Body in the Pelvic Exam
- 6. Not Just Bones, Organs, and Science: The New Clinical Subjects of Patient Empowerment
- Conclusion: Is the Vagina Different from the Mouth? Affect and the Making of Physicians
- Acknowledgments
- Appendix A: Methodology
- Appendix B: Pelvic Exam Checklists
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
- About the Author