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The Weight of the White Coat

Latinos Navigating American Medicine

Glenda M Flores author

Format:Hardback

Publisher:University of California Press

Publishing:27th May '25

£80.00

This title is due to be published on 27th May, and will be despatched as soon as possible.

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Little has been written about Latina/o physicians as students, people, or workers in a high-skill occupation in the United States. The Weight of the White Coat traces the life stages that Latina/o physicians follow and the social mechanisms that shape their careers, from the role of the family to different educational trajectories and even the practice of medicine. Glenda M. Flores turns a careful eye to this diverse pan-ethnic group in an elite profession, observing how demographic characteristics such as gender and ethnicity act like cumulative weights in their coat pockets, producing hindrances for some and elevating others as they provide care in poor and wealthy communities. Here, the high occupational status of Latina/o doctors offers a unique lens for examining the varied experiences of physicianhood and the still unsettled contours of Latinidad.

ISBN: 9780520409217

Dimensions: unknown

Weight: unknown

300 pages