{"product_id":"white-coat-clenched-fist-fitzhugh-mullan-9780472031979","title":"White Coat, Clenched Fist: The Political Education of an American Physician","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn the sixties, Fitzhugh Mullan was an activist in the civil rights struggle. While in medical school, Mullan was shocked by gaps in what the students learned, and the lack of humanity in the classroom. Later, Dr. Mullan was outraged at the conditions he discovered when he began to practice. He helped found the Student Health Organization, organized the Controversial Medical Collective at Lincoln Hospital in the Bronx, and struggled to offer improved medical care to those who needed it most and could afford it least.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis landmark book charts the state of medical school and practices in the 1960s and 70s. This new edition is updated with a preface in which Dr. Mullan reflects on the changes in the medical field over the last thirty-plus years.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFitzhugh Mullan is Murdock Head Professor of Medicine and Health Policy at George Washington University. He worked at the U.S. Public Health Service where he attained the rank of Assistant Surgeon General (1991-1996). Dr. Mullan is the co-founder of the National Coalition for Cancer Survivorship and the author of numerous books, including \u003ci\u003ePlagues and Politics: The Story of the United States Public Health Service\u003c\/i\u003e, and his most recent book, \u003ci\u003eNarrative Matters: The Power of the Personal Essay in Health Policy\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Fitzhugh Mullan\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 047203197X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780472031979\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Michigan Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/20\/2006\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 248\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.93lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.28h x 6.18w x 0.70d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eScitech Book News\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/01\/2007 pg. 72","brand":"Fitzhugh Mullan","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43994107248895,"sku":"9780472031979","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_37d23f3b-bc64-49fc-8b2e-9345b8e8c00b.jpg?v=1683328167","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/white-coat-clenched-fist-fitzhugh-mullan-9780472031979","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}