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Wendy A. Horwitz, PhD Wendy A. Horwitz, PhD (1 Posts)

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Penn State Abington

Wendy Horwitz’s essays, editorials, and reviews have been published in the Philadelphia Inquirer, Afterimage, Neurology (Humanities Section), Jewish Literary Journal, Intrepid Times, and McClatchy-Tribune News Service, among others. Trained as a pediatric psychologist, she writes and teaches health humanities in the Philadelphia area.




White Coat, Black Book

Published by Wendy A. Horwitz, PhD

At the start of medical school, many students participate in the “White Coat Ceremony.” Before peers, faculty, and family, they recite a modern version of the Hippocratic Oath (or other affirmations like the Geneva Declaration) and don the short white jacket they’ll wear during the four years of school. Although they begin seeing patients only in the third year, part of the ceremony’s intention is to convey that care for patients begins, in a sense, on this first day. When they earn their M.D., they are entitled to the knee-length version.

Wendy A. Horwitz, PhD Wendy A. Horwitz, PhD (1 Posts)

Guest Author

Penn State Abington

Wendy Horwitz’s essays, editorials, and reviews have been published in the Philadelphia Inquirer, Afterimage, Neurology (Humanities Section), Jewish Literary Journal, Intrepid Times, and McClatchy-Tribune News Service, among others. Trained as a pediatric psychologist, she writes and teaches health humanities in the Philadelphia area.