The Weight of the White Coat: Latinos Navigating American Medicine

by Glenda M. Flores

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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0520409213
• ISBN13: 9780520409217
• Release Date: April 2025
• Publisher: University of California Press
• Length: 289 Pages