Privilege in the medical academy
Subtitle: a feminist examines gender, race, and power
By: Delese Wear ; foreword by Frances K. Conley.
Series: Athene series
Publisher: Teachers College Press
Published: 1997
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 130
Subjects: Medical education -- Philosophy.; Sexism in medicine.; Feminist criticism.; Feminist theory.; Women in medicine.; Literature and medicine -- Study and teaching.; Professional socialization.
Description: By approaching the training of our physicians from the enlightening perspective of medical humanities, Delese Wear shows us how the Western paradigm of "scientific objectivity" reinforces cultural biases based on gender, race, class, and sexual orientation.

But when wise teachers use literature and art to decode the silences and scripts of traditional medical education, our doctors (who record and tell our stories to one another in our medical records) can learn to bring into their practices the healing values of imagination, empathy, and social justice.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 115-122) and index.