Medical Education and Sociology of Medical Habitus: ”It’s not about the Stethoscope!”

• Main Author: Luke, Haida (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2003.
• Subjects: Education.; Medical education.; Sociology.; Health psychology.; Education, general.; Medical Education.; Sociology, general.; Health Psychology.

Medical Education and Sociology of Medical Habitus: "It's not about the Stethoscope!" is a new and outstanding contribution to understanding the working life of junior doctors. Here Dr Haida Luke uses a medical sociological framework to help us understand how young doctors fresh out o...

Table of Contents:

• Examining Medicine with New Lenses
• Theoretical Dissection of Medicine: Practice
• Putting It All Together: The Culture of Junior Doctors
• Medical Habitus
• Future of Medical Habitus: Medical Identity.