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Pearson is exquisitely vulnerable throughout this book. She never shies away from telling the painful truths of her experience, even when it makes her look incompetent. As the book progresses, she gains so much knowledge and, yes, competence, that she ultimately seems almost too hard on herself. I applaud her ability to tell her unvarnished truths. Super medical memoir!

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It‘s our last month! 😰 What a great set of #nonfiction choices this year. So far, this one is engaging and I think it‘ll be particularly timely with all the media attention on TX right now.
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What a great book that I didn‘t even know I needed to read, so glad it came my way. It‘s an excellent view into the life of 1 medical student on her journey to becoming a doctor and all the many pitfalls of the process and our American system of healthcare that became abundantly clear along the way. A great read for at this time and place as we once again fight out the idea of equal rights to quality healthcare for all of our citizens.

“The problem is, of course, that these mistakes happen systemically, and not just to anyone. They happen to the uninsured”

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I looked it up and took the test, they also have ones for race, skin tone, religion, sexuality, etc. Very interesting! I‘m going to take a few of the other ones too. I started with skin tone test and got a “slight” preference.

#NForNonfictionRidesAgain (love that tag by the way DaniWithTea)

https://implicit.harvard.edu/implicit/selectatouchtest.html

A solid 4 stars for me. Headed your way, @Riveted_Reader_Melissa - a little early because I‘m out of town at the end of the month. Enjoy! @tjwill @BarbaraTheBibliophage #nfornonfictionridesagain

I just came across an article about the tagged book and thought it might be a good pick for our next non-fiction swap - what do you think @BarbaraTheBibliophage @tjwill @Riveted_Reader_Melissa ?

Peace and quiet and chilly place to read some books and camp 🥶🌲❄️🏕🏔🏔 my non fiction read for January is really good and about local Texas medical students and hospitals..... very informative! Glad I went out of my normal choices to read this

Interesting! I‘m actually surprised there IS this level of care for the poor. I thought the US was all either insurance or nothing. What I miss in this book is a financial perspective. Who is going to pay for the care she wants? And she mentions waiting a month for Pap smear results as something extreme! Here we don‘t get any results unless they‘re bad. So if you never hear anything, you‘re good!

Overall an important book. I‘m glad the author wants to help ppl understand the issue & I appreciate how forthright she is about the racial dynamic. POC, esp. those who are poor, have long been treated horribly by the health care system (& basically every other system too, of course) and this shows it‘s still a present problem. The stories felt a bit repetitive, and she went off on some unnecessary personal tangents. Still a worthwhile read 3/5 ⭐️

In the early years of the United States, cadavers for dissection in medical schools came almost exclusively from communities of color. [...] Because the white medical profession did not recognize the sacredness—the symbolic life—of people of color, their bodies were seen as fit for dissection.

Time for a little depressing nonfiction! #nowreading

A young Drs experiences in today's world of medical care.The suffering of the poor in our health care system.Highly relevant in today's political climate.