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Women physicians trace anatomical landscapes with their hands and battle pathology with the latest technology. But they're also mothers, housekeepers, wives and community leaders. So, how do female doctors respond to a full load of real life stress, on top of their already weighty career responsibilities? Often, by expressing themselves through the written word. For the first time, thanks to Sage Publications captivating new book, This Side of Doctoring: Reflections from Women in Medicine, we can read an intimate collection of stories, poems, and essays capturing the essence of being a woman physician. Featuring 151voices, from pioneer lady doctors to today's medical students, this unique title explores the struggles and triumphs of women in medicine for the past one-and-a-half centuries. The poignant narratives of joy, frustration, regret and fulfillment comprising this title were culled from physician and editor Eliza Lo Chin's nationwide correspondence with medical schools, hospital centers, professional organizations and individual physicians. These reflections on doctoring -- from a woman's perspective -- include sketches from their personal lives and revelations about doctoring seldom found in traditional medical writing. Like a patchwork quilt, this richly-textured compilation represents each woman's extraordinary life and career while their common experiences clearly emerge, cutting across different specialties, ages, and geographic divides. Answering the questions: "Who am I in relation to my family?" "Who am I in relation to my patients?" and "What about my own plans and ambitions?" the book is organized into these categories: • Early
Pioneers and Beyond In its raw, honest pages, This Side of Doctoring offers all women (physicians and otherwise) connections to a welcome network of like experiences. Male readers are sure to enjoy discovering the feminine side of medicine in this tragic, comic, and poetic collection of stories as well. |
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