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© 2019 University of California Press, Berkeley

© 2019 University of California Press, Berkeley

Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter i
  2. CONTENTS vii
  3. FOREWORD xi
  4. INTRODUCTION xv
  5. PART ONE: LIFE AND FAMILY HISTORIES
  6. INTRODUCTION 3
  7. BECOMING AN AMERICAN 9
  8. MELANIE’S STORY 19
  9. PAVEMENT 23
  10. WHISPERS FROM THE THIRD GENERATION 31
  11. BORDERLANDS 37
  12. POISON IN MY COFFEE 47
  13. PART TWO: SHIFTING IDENTITIES
  14. INTRODUCTION 57
  15. NECESSARY ACCESSORIES 63
  16. MEDICAL SCHOOL METAMORPHOSIS 70
  17. WHY AM I IN MEDICAL SCHOOL? 75
  18. MY SECRET LIFE 80
  19. FIVE POINTS OFF FOR GOING TO MEDICAL SCHOOL 87
  20. PARASYMPATHIZING 92
  21. SOMETIMES, ALL YOU CAN DO IS LAUGH 114
  22. A PRAYER FROM A CLOSETED CHRISTIAN 121
  23. SEEING WITH NEW EYES 126
  24. PART THREE: CONFRONTED
  25. INTRODUCTION 137
  26. HOKA HEY 143
  27. MY NAMES 145
  28. A CASE PRESENTATION 154
  29. UROLOGY BLUES 161
  30. LIKE EVERYONE ELSE 168
  31. DARING TO BE A DOCTOR 177
  32. A GRADUATION SPEECH 182
  33. AFTERWORD 189
  34. FURTHER READING 195
  35. CONTRIBUTORS 199
  36. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 205
  37. PHOTO CREDITS 209
What I Learned in Medical School
This chapter is in the book What I Learned in Medical School
https://doi.org/10.1525/9780520939387-032

Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter i
  2. CONTENTS vii
  3. FOREWORD xi
  4. INTRODUCTION xv
  5. PART ONE: LIFE AND FAMILY HISTORIES
  6. INTRODUCTION 3
  7. BECOMING AN AMERICAN 9
  8. MELANIE’S STORY 19
  9. PAVEMENT 23
  10. WHISPERS FROM THE THIRD GENERATION 31
  11. BORDERLANDS 37
  12. POISON IN MY COFFEE 47
  13. PART TWO: SHIFTING IDENTITIES
  14. INTRODUCTION 57
  15. NECESSARY ACCESSORIES 63
  16. MEDICAL SCHOOL METAMORPHOSIS 70
  17. WHY AM I IN MEDICAL SCHOOL? 75
  18. MY SECRET LIFE 80
  19. FIVE POINTS OFF FOR GOING TO MEDICAL SCHOOL 87
  20. PARASYMPATHIZING 92
  21. SOMETIMES, ALL YOU CAN DO IS LAUGH 114
  22. A PRAYER FROM A CLOSETED CHRISTIAN 121
  23. SEEING WITH NEW EYES 126
  24. PART THREE: CONFRONTED
  25. INTRODUCTION 137
  26. HOKA HEY 143
  27. MY NAMES 145
  28. A CASE PRESENTATION 154
  29. UROLOGY BLUES 161
  30. LIKE EVERYONE ELSE 168
  31. DARING TO BE A DOCTOR 177
  32. A GRADUATION SPEECH 182
  33. AFTERWORD 189
  34. FURTHER READING 195
  35. CONTRIBUTORS 199
  36. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 205
  37. PHOTO CREDITS 209
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