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Author Giegerich, Steve.

Title Body of knowledge : one semester of gross anatomy, the gateway to becoming a doctor / Steve Giegerich
Published New York : Scribner, 2001

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Description 269 pages ; 24 cm
Summary "Medical Gross and Developmental Anatomy is a course every medical student dreads. As one future physician told the author, Steve Giegerich, passing the notoriously difficult course is "paying your dues for medicine. It's the bridge you have to cross if you want to become a doctor."" "More students leave medical school during this course than any other. Now Body of Knowledge puts readers in the classroom as potential doctors come face-to-face with their first human cadaver and dissects the factors that determine whether they succeed or fail."
"In January 1999, 181 students at the University of Medicine and Dentistry, Newark, began a course in gross anatomy. Among them were Sherry Ikalowych, a former nurse and mother of four; Jennifer Hannum, an ultracompetitive jock; Udele Tagoe, a determined Duke graduate of Ghanian descent; and Ivan Gonzalez, a Nicaraguan refugee and unlikely medical student . For these four lab partners, Tom Lewis, the cadaver lying on the stainless steel table, remains anonymous during dissection; but for the reader, Lewis springs to life. As the students grapple with love, hate, power and awe, Giegerich explores Lewis's life and his generous decision to donate his body to science. Ultimately, as the students gain reverence for medicine, they too develop gratitude for Lewis's thoughtful gift."--BOOK JACKET
Notes "A Lisa Drew book."
Includes index
Subject New Jersey Medical School.
Human dissection.
Medical students -- New Jersey.
Human anatomy -- Study and teaching -- New Jersey.
LC no. 00068781
ISBN 0684862085 paperback