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Foreword |
xxi |
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Acknowledgments |
xxvi |
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Introduction |
xxix |
1. |
Historical Perspective |
1 |
2. |
Early Pioneers |
11 |
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Glances and Glimpses |
11 |
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Letters from Elizabeth Blackwell |
12 |
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In the Words of Mary Putnam Jacobi |
13 |
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The Fortress |
14 |
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Some of My Life Experiences |
14 |
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From More Than Gold in California |
16 |
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From Mine Eyes Have Seen |
17 |
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Petticoat Surgeon |
17 |
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From A Child Went Forth |
18 |
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Fighting for Life |
20 |
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From Bowery to Bellevue |
21 |
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A Woven Fabric |
23 |
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Woman at the Gate |
25 |
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A Woman Doctor Looks at Love and Life |
26 |
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The Antique Roadshow of a 90-Year-Old |
27 |
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Sound Investments |
29 |
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The First Women at H.M.S. |
29 |
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I Will Not Pass Away |
33 |
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The Beginnings of Women's Health Advocacy |
34 |
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From Chivalry and Off-Color Jokes to Acceptance and Respect |
32 |
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Medicine and Motherhood |
36 |
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Medical Internship |
40 |
3. |
The Formative Years |
45 |
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A Youthful Encounter |
45 |
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From Kitchen Table Wisdom |
48 |
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Anatomy Lesson |
51 |
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Cold Hands |
54 |
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Here Is What I Learned |
56 |
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Jane |
56 |
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Circumstance |
62 |
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From the Deccan Plateau |
63 |
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Song of the Dying Ova |
64 |
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How I'll Become a Good Physician |
67 |
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A Gift |
68 |
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Thirtysomething Meets ER |
70 |
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Freckles |
72 |
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Summers With My Aunt |
74 |
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The Discovery Clinic |
76 |
4. |
Life in the Trenches: Internship and Residency |
79 |
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Unknown Alpha |
79 |
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Birthday |
83 |
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How I Survived Residency |
85 |
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Necessary Journeys |
86 |
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Post-Call |
89 |
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We're Not in Kansas Anymore: Men as Medical Mentors |
90 |
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Whine List |
94 |
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The Only Night I Cried |
96 |
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A Long Road |
97 |
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A Time for Change: Innovative Pathways for Residency Training |
100 |
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Lamentation of the Female Academician |
102 |
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But I Do Care |
106 |
5. |
On Doctoring |
109 |
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In Between Before and After |
109 |
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Heartsick |
112 |
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My Patient, the Doctor, and Me |
115 |
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Heart Doctor |
118 |
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Common Ground |
119 |
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Dawn |
126 |
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Life Force |
127 |
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A Doctor Alone With Her Decision |
128 |
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Through the Eyes of a Physician |
130 |
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Why You Came to Me |
132 |
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Generations |
134 |
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Finding Beauty in Annie |
142 |
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A Visit to the Doctor |
144 |
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Job Description |
147 |
6. |
Mothering and Doctoring |
151 |
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Mutual Benefits |
151 |
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Doctor's Daughter |
152 |
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Conversation Hearts |
157 |
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Monday Morning |
158 |
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"mommydoc" |
159 |
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A Mother's Prayer |
164 |
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On Being a Medical Mom |
170 |
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Tsunami Baby |
171 |
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A Patient's Wife |
174 |
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The Transition Game |
175 |
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Interview for Clinician-Educator Position |
176 |
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Spiderlings |
177 |
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Teeter-Totter |
180 |
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Breast-Feeding: Straddling the Fence Between Work and Home |
181 |
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A Reminiscence |
183 |
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The Second Road |
184 |
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Patients as Patron Saints |
185 |
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Mother's Day |
188 |
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"To Love and to Work" |
189 |
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Balance |
189 |
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Numbing Down |
192 |
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Maternity and Medicine |
196 |
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Parenting Without Pregnancy |
196 |
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Body Snatcher |
198 |
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Redefining Motherhood |
200 |
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Taking Children Seriously |
202 |
7. |
Making Choices |
205 |
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Finding the Balance Point Between Overdrive and the Mommy Track |
205 |
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Between Lawn Cuts |
207 |
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Not Having Children |
210 |
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Missed Opportunities |
214 |
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Taking Stock |
214 |
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Life Choices |
215 |
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Composing a Life in Medicine |
215 |
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On Packing for the Information Superhighway |
217 |
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Thoughts on Time Management |
219 |
8. |
Barriers |
221 |
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Glass Ceiling |
222 |
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Why Don't You Quit? |
223 |
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Woman in Orthopedic Surgery Stories |
223 |
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Life in the Boys' Club |
226 |
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Professionalism |
229 |
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The Feminization of American Medicine |
230 |
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An Interview Tale |
230 |
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Not Easy to Please |
231 |
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On Reaching Visible |
232 |
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Triple Jeopardy |
232 |
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A Minority Perspective |
234 |
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My Path Through Medical School |
236 |
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The Life of Women in Medicine |
237 |
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Leave |
238 |
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Emotional Conflicts of the Career Woman |
239 |
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Kath's Graduation |
242 |
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An American Experience |
242 |
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A Warm Gesture |
243 |
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A Lesbian Voice: What Does It Mean to Be a "Dyke Doctor"? |
246 |
9. |
Connections |
251 |
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The Doctor in the Family |
251 |
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Tobacco, Tulips, and Terminal Care |
255 |
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The Friendship of Women |
260 |
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A Doctor in the Family |
262 |
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The Two-Casserole Test |
264 |
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The Cafeteria |
267 |
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Memories of Our Mother |
268 |
10. |
Balancing |
271 |
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August 1994: Letter to My Student |
272 |
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Balancing, Juggling, and Other Feats |
273 |
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Juggling the Personal and Professional Life |
274 |
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Workday Mornings--Three Weeks |
274 |
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Where Is the Self? |
275 |
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The Multitude of Little Things |
275 |
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Is It Worth It? |
276 |
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Can It Be Done? |
276 |
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A Few Thoughts on Part-time Faculty: The Push for the Summit and the Long Climb Down |
281 |
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Centered in the Deep Connections |
283 |
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An Independent Scientist |
286 |
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How to Do It All at Once |
290 |
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Late Lunch |
292 |
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Balancing Family and Career: Advice From the Trenches |
294 |
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One Page at a Time |
297 |
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To Rachel |
299 |
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Pregnancy and the Professional Woman |
299 |
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The Changing Role of Physicians as Working Mothers |
300 |
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Reflections on Balance |
303 |
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Notes From a Personal Journey |
304 |
11. |
Our Families' Perspectives |
307 |
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Jelly |
307 |
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From Balm in Gilead: Journey of a Healer |
308 |
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Our Medical Marriage |
309 |
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From Her Infinite Variety |
310 |
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What's a Mother For? |
312 |
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Life With Mother, the M.D. |
314 |
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What We Have Fashioned Together |
315 |
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I Remember as a Child |
316 |
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Renuka Gera |
317 |
12. |
Reflections |
319 |
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The Feminization of Medicine |
319 |
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Double Helix |
320 |
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Identity Crisis |
321 |
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A Personal Journey |
321 |
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My Experience as a Woman in Medicine |
323 |
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Scopes, Hopes and Learning the Ropes |
326 |
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Defining Ourselves |
329 |
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Looking Good |
329 |
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What It's Been Like |
330 |
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Reminiscences of My Medical Career |
330 |
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Enjoying the Moment |
333 |
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Navigating the Maze of Academic Medicine |
335 |
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From Teacher to Psychiatrist With Family |
336 |
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Generation to Generation: Mother-Daughter Physicians |
337 |
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Afterword |
343 |
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Glossary |
345 |
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Resources for Women in Medicine |
355 |
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About the Editor |
357 |
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About the Contributors |
359 |