There is no specific major that prospective doctors need to pursue before enrolling in medical school. By the time his training was complete, he had shifted goals again, choosing not to. Download on becoming a doctor ebook free in pdf and epub format. Publication date 1988 topics konner, melvin, medical students publisher. Melvin joel konner born 1946 is the samuel candler dobbs professor of anthropology and of neuroscience and behavioral biology at emory university. He is the author of women after all, becoming a doctor and medicine at the crossroads, among other books. A journey of initiation in medical school, by melvin konner, md, is, in a word, outstanding. How childhood has evolved the chronicle of higher education. By melvin konner may 09, 2010 as a graduate student in the 1960s, i joined irven devore and richard lee in a multifaceted study of the. Becoming a doctor is an anecdotal account of melvin konner s experiences in his third and fourth year of medical school. A journey of initiation in medical school reprint by konner, melvin isbn. A read is counted each time someone views a publication summary such as the title, abstract, and list of authors, clicks on a figure, or views or downloads the fulltext.
Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. It was written about an experience that takes place at the wrong time in konner s life, through the senses of a 33yearold anthropologist, learned educatorauthor, husband, and father. A former anthropology professor who entered medical school in his midthirties, konner gives an unconventional perspective on the system training todays physicians. A journey of initiation in medical school by melvin konner 19880701.
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