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Forged by the Knife: The Experience of Surgical Residency from the Perspective of a Woman of Color Hardcover – October 1, 1999

by Patricia L. Dawson (Author)
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Now a breast surgeon in Seattle, Dawson draws on her own experience and that of others to explain how women, and especially women of color, must struggle to overcome the obstacles of a medical training program designed by and for traditional white males. Her account should interest surgical and medical educators and scholars of sexism and racism in general. It is not indexed. Paper edition (unseen), $15.00. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
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  1. Print length
    176 pages
  2. Language
    English
  3. Publisher
    Open Hand Pub Llc
  4. Publication date
    October 1, 1999
  5. Dimensions
    5.75 x 0.75 x 9 inches
  6. ISBN-10
    0940880636
  7. ISBN-13
    978-0940880634
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Patricia L. Dawson, M.D., Ph.D., FACS, a breast surgeon in private practice in Seattle, Washington, earned her medical degree from New Jersey Medical School in Newark. She completed two years of general surgical residency training at the University of Medicine and Dentistry in Newark and three years at Virginia Mason Medical Center in Seattle. She practiced general surgery for one year at Group Health Cooperative of Puget Sound, Seattle; she then returned to private practice.

It was during her tenure as director or medical staff diversity for Group Health Cooperative that Dr. Dawson began her first investigations into the negative aspects of surgical residency training as experienced by Black female surgeons. Pursuing this topic further, she earned a Ph.D. in Human and Organizational Systems from the Fielding Institute in Santa Barbara, California.

Dr. Dawson lives in Seattle with her husband, Stanley Hiserman, their children, Alexandria and Wesley, her mother, E. Claire Dawson, and three very entertaining cats.

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Open Hand Pub Llc; 1st edition (October 1, 1999)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 176 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0940880636
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0940880634
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 12 ounces
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.75 x 0.75 x 9 inches
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This book, actually a doctoral dissertation, looks at the world of surgical residency for women of color.

Residency is supposed to be a tough, weeding out process. But female residents have several extra obstacles in their way. Most female doctors are in fields like gynecology or psychiatry. Those who want to become surgeons are encouraged to choose another specialty, because surgery is "too hard." Any patient complication will be looked at especially closely. Role models are rare; the number of female surgeons is tiny, while the number of black female surgeons is practically zero.

Since surgery is very much a male-dominated field, there is the usual obstacle of women having to work twice as hard to be considered half as good. Residency does not teach a person how to keep their humanity (which some surgeons have totally lost); what to say to a family whose loved one has just been declared dead (suppressing their femininity).

This book looks at the personal experiences of several black female surgeons. Their residency experiences, whether at predominantly white or black institutions, ranged from difficult to very difficult.

Even though this is a doctoral dissertation, it is clearly written, easy to read, and worth reading. The next time a loved one is in the hospital, and the doctor is a woman, just remember that she probably is experiencing, or has experienced, the things mentioned in this book.
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