{"product_id":"9781760894634","title":"Emotional Female","description":"Author: Kadota, Yumiko\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9781760894634\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Penguin Australia Pty Ltd\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 18 Jan 2022\u003cbr\u003ePages: 400 \u003cbr\u003eFormat: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA passionate account of the toxic culture of bullying and overwork that junior doctors can experience in the workplace as part of their training.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eYumiko Kadota was every Asian parent's dream: model student, top of her class in medical school and on track to becoming a surgeon. A self-confessed workaholic, she regularly put 'knife before life', knowing it was all going to be worth it because it would lead to her longed-for career. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBut if the punishing hours in surgery weren't hard enough, she also faced challenges as a young female surgeon navigating a male-dominated specialty. She was regularly left to carry out complex procedures without senior surgeons' oversight; she was called all sorts of things, from 'emotional' to 'too confident'; and she was expected to work a relentless on-call roster - sometimes seventy hours a week or more - to prove herself.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEventually it was too much and Yumiko quit.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eEmotional Female \u003c\/i\u003eis her account of what it was like to train in the Australian public hospital system, and what made her walk away.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eYumiko Kadota is a voice for her generation when it comes to burnout and finding the resilience to rebuild after suffering a physical, emotional and existential breakdown. This is a brave, honest and unflinching work from a major new talent.","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48185121833118,"sku":"UBD-9781760894634","price":26.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9781760894634.jpg?v=1787485703","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9781760894634","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}