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Title

The weight of the white coat

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  • Monograph
  • Text

Contribution

Subject

  • Racism in medicine--United States (LCSH)
  • Minorities in medicine--United States (LCSH)
  • Hispanic Americans--Medical care--United States (LCSH)
  • Sex discrimination in medicine--United States (LCSH)
  • Hispanic Americans in medicine--United States (LCSH)

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Content

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Summary

"Few people know much about Latina/o physicians as students, people, or workers in a high-skill occupation in the United States. The Weight of the White Coat traces the life stages that Latina/o physicians follow and the mechanisms that disadvantage or advantage them throughout their careers, from the family to the practice of medicine. Glenda M. Flores turns a careful, considered eye to this pan-ethnic group with heterogeneous characteristics in an elite profession, observing how demographic characteristics such as gender and ethnicity act like cumulative weights in their coat pockets, producing hindrances for some-thus limiting their advancement-and elevating others as they provide care in poor and wealthy communities. Here, the status of Latina/o doctors provides a unique lens for examining the polyvalent weight of physicianhood within the heterogeneous and still unsettled contours of Latinidad."-- Provided by publisher.

Table of Contents

The white coat's polyvalence -- Gendered career choices -- Circuitous pathways -- Gendered networks and linguistic capital -- Gendered deference or sabotage? -- Shades of racism -- Clinicians and patients -- Preparing tomorrow's doctores -- Afterword : doctoring during & after COVID -- Appendix A : physicians' demographics by sex -- Appendix B : Latine medical students' demographics.

Authorized Access Point

Flores, Glenda M. The weight of the white coat

Admin Metadata

  • Date: 2026-09-11T21:31:39.990598+00:00
  • Agent: cbc
  • Status: c
  • Derived from: 23886361

Admin Metadata

  • Date: 2026-09-11
  • Cataloger id: Unknown
  • Description level: http://id.loc.gov/ontologies/bibframe-2-6-0/
  • Description language: eng
  • Description authentication: pcc

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