Burnout is common among doctors in the West, so one might assume that a medical career in Malawi, one of the poorest countries in the world, would place far greater strain on the idealism that drives many doctors. But, as A Heart for the Work makes clear, Malawian medical students learn to confront poverty creatively, experiencing fatigue and frustration but also joy and commitment on their way to becoming physicians. The first ethnography of medical training in the global South, Claire L. Wendland’s book is a moving and perceptive look at medicine in a world where the transnational movement of people and ideas creates both devastation and possibility.
Wendland, a physician anthropologist, conducted extensive interviews and worked in wards, clinics, and operating theaters alongside the student doctors whose stories she relates. From the relative calm of Malawi’s College of Medicine to the turbulence of training at hospitals with gravely ill patients and dramatically inadequate supplies, staff, and technology, Wendland’s work reveals the way these young doctors engage the contradictions of their circumstances, shedding new light on debates about the effects of medical training, the impact of traditional healing, and the purposes of medicine.
1 有用 小红帽 2011-10-05 02:12:04
solid study of medical education (pertaining to the role of medicine in colonial and post-colonial politics) in Malawi. Lucidly written and thought-provoking; wish something like this be done in cont... solid study of medical education (pertaining to the role of medicine in colonial and post-colonial politics) in Malawi. Lucidly written and thought-provoking; wish something like this be done in contemporary China. (展开)
0 有用 曼 2013-02-15 04:21:56
马拉维医学院。较详尽的历史背景很有用。作者在注释上下了很大的功夫,值得学习。
0 有用 Ccchahhh 2022-11-12 03:59:59 美国
-medicine's moral order认为医生不可避免地向还原论、政治中立的权威感、个人主义、技术论倾斜,变得冷漠且无视患者的生存条件。 -在医疗条件有限、不平等触目惊心的马拉维,医生灵活调用不同的资源、重视团队合作、有同理心(指责的不是患者而是政治),对患者苦难和不公的见证和共同经历调动了医生的activism,在上游为患者争取更多权益,不仅治个人,也治社会。不同的叙事(医疗救国)和条件... -medicine's moral order认为医生不可避免地向还原论、政治中立的权威感、个人主义、技术论倾斜,变得冷漠且无视患者的生存条件。 -在医疗条件有限、不平等触目惊心的马拉维,医生灵活调用不同的资源、重视团队合作、有同理心(指责的不是患者而是政治),对患者苦难和不公的见证和共同经历调动了医生的activism,在上游为患者争取更多权益,不仅治个人,也治社会。不同的叙事(医疗救国)和条件(知道科技好用却无法依赖科技)让马拉维的医生经历不同于西方的医疗社会化,扩展了我们对医生的想象。国家必须培养自己的医生才能摆脱西方权威的领导。 -健康政策要警惕1新自由主义陷阱,只重视经济而抽空医疗民生需要的资源,用市场化让政府脱责;2只看医疗,忽视影响健康的大环境,个人吃药解决不了群体营养不良问题 (展开)
0 有用 Ccchahhh 2022-11-12 03:59:59 美国
-medicine's moral order认为医生不可避免地向还原论、政治中立的权威感、个人主义、技术论倾斜,变得冷漠且无视患者的生存条件。 -在医疗条件有限、不平等触目惊心的马拉维,医生灵活调用不同的资源、重视团队合作、有同理心(指责的不是患者而是政治),对患者苦难和不公的见证和共同经历调动了医生的activism,在上游为患者争取更多权益,不仅治个人,也治社会。不同的叙事(医疗救国)和条件... -medicine's moral order认为医生不可避免地向还原论、政治中立的权威感、个人主义、技术论倾斜,变得冷漠且无视患者的生存条件。 -在医疗条件有限、不平等触目惊心的马拉维,医生灵活调用不同的资源、重视团队合作、有同理心(指责的不是患者而是政治),对患者苦难和不公的见证和共同经历调动了医生的activism,在上游为患者争取更多权益,不仅治个人,也治社会。不同的叙事(医疗救国)和条件(知道科技好用却无法依赖科技)让马拉维的医生经历不同于西方的医疗社会化,扩展了我们对医生的想象。国家必须培养自己的医生才能摆脱西方权威的领导。 -健康政策要警惕1新自由主义陷阱,只重视经济而抽空医疗民生需要的资源,用市场化让政府脱责;2只看医疗,忽视影响健康的大环境,个人吃药解决不了群体营养不良问题 (展开)
0 有用 曼 2013-02-15 04:21:56
马拉维医学院。较详尽的历史背景很有用。作者在注释上下了很大的功夫,值得学习。
1 有用 小红帽 2011-10-05 02:12:04
solid study of medical education (pertaining to the role of medicine in colonial and post-colonial politics) in Malawi. Lucidly written and thought-provoking; wish something like this be done in cont... solid study of medical education (pertaining to the role of medicine in colonial and post-colonial politics) in Malawi. Lucidly written and thought-provoking; wish something like this be done in contemporary China. (展开)