Medical Education and Sociology of Medical Habitus: "It's not about the Stethoscope!"

by H. Luke

Overview

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 of medical school enter the medical culture as junior doctors and begin the rapid professional education and intense enculturation processes. What sets Medical Education and Sociology of Medical Habitus: "It's not about the Stethoscope!" apart from other works in this area is that it opens out the field of research in sociology and inserts junior medical doctor culture right into medical sociology and professional medical education.
Central to this analysis are Dr Haida Luke's innovative use of Pierre Bourdieu's sociological framework and the concept of habitus.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780306480935
Publisher:	Springer-Verlag New York, LLC
Publication date:	05/08/2007
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	2 MB

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.