Tania M Jenkins
Biographic Data
| ID | 247976 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Tania M Jenkins |
| GIVEN NAMES | Tania M |
| FAMILY NAME | Jenkins |
| SIGNATURE | JENKINS T M |
| AFFILIATIONS | Temple University, Philadelphia, PA, USA |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-0342-7184 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 9 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 43 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 9 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2008 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Preparing for exclusion
Special issue introduction
Doctors' Orders
Journal Article Review of Doctors' Orders: The Making of Status Hierarchies in an Elite Profession Get access Columbia University Press, 2020, 352 Pages. https://cup.columbia.edu/book/doctors-orders/9780231189354 Tania M Jenkins Tania M Jenkins Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Social Forces, Volume 99, Issue 3, March 2021, Page e2, https://doi.org/10.1093/sf/soaa100 Published: 22 October 2020 Article histor…
Dual Autonomies, Divergent Approaches
The United States relies on international and osteopathic medical graduates ('non-USMDs') to fill one third of residency positions because of a shortage of American MD graduates ('USMDs'). Non-USMDs are often informally excluded from top residency positions, while USMDs tend to fill the most prestigious residencies. Little is known, however, about whether the training in these different settings is comparable or how it impacts patients. Drawing o…
Negotiating intersex
It's time she stopped torturing herself
Clothing norms as markers of status in a hospital setting
This article uses a Bourdieusian framework to understand the importance of clothing norms for symbolizing and reproducing social, as well as professional, hierarchy in hospitals. Using data from participant observation, it examines how a complex yet informal dress code has emerged at a community hospital in the Northeastern United States, in a setting where very few formal guidelines exist on how to dress. By conceptualizing professionals as hold…
Sex, Gender, Genetics, and Health
This article addresses 2 questions. First, to what extent are sex and gender incorporated into research on genetics and health? Second, how might social science understandings of sex and gender, and gender differences in health, become more integrated into scholarship in this area? We review articles on genetics and health published in selected peer-reviewed journals. Although sex is included frequently as a control or stratifying variable, few a…
Patients, Practitioners, and Paradoxes
Twenty-one respondents in Havana, Cuba, were interviewed for the purpose of understanding the challenges facing the Cuban health care system since the 1990s and the individual solutions that have been proposed to these challenges. Three major shortages were identified: a lack of medication, a lack of medical supplies, and a lack of medical professionals. Consequently, informal coping mechanisms, such as the black market and using personal connect…
Sex, Gender, Genetics, and Health
This article addresses 2 questions. First, to what extent are sex and gender incorporated into research on genetics and health? Second, how might social science understandings of sex and gender, and gender differences in health, become more integrated into scholarship in this area? We review articles on genetics and health published in selected peer-reviewed journals. Although sex is included frequently as a control or stratifying variable, few a…
Dual Autonomies, Divergent Approaches
The United States relies on international and osteopathic medical graduates ('non-USMDs') to fill one third of residency positions because of a shortage of American MD graduates ('USMDs'). Non-USMDs are often informally excluded from top residency positions, while USMDs tend to fill the most prestigious residencies. Little is known, however, about whether the training in these different settings is comparable or how it impacts patients. Drawing o…
It's time she stopped torturing herself
Negotiating intersex
Clothing norms as markers of status in a hospital setting
This article uses a Bourdieusian framework to understand the importance of clothing norms for symbolizing and reproducing social, as well as professional, hierarchy in hospitals. Using data from participant observation, it examines how a complex yet informal dress code has emerged at a community hospital in the Northeastern United States, in a setting where very few formal guidelines exist on how to dress. By conceptualizing professionals as hold…
Preparing for exclusion
Patients, Practitioners, and Paradoxes
Twenty-one respondents in Havana, Cuba, were interviewed for the purpose of understanding the challenges facing the Cuban health care system since the 1990s and the individual solutions that have been proposed to these challenges. Three major shortages were identified: a lack of medication, a lack of medical supplies, and a lack of medical professionals. Consequently, informal coping mechanisms, such as the black market and using personal connect…
Sex, Gender, Genetics, and Health
This article addresses 2 questions. First, to what extent are sex and gender incorporated into research on genetics and health? Second, how might social science understandings of sex and gender, and gender differences in health, become more integrated into scholarship in this area? We review articles on genetics and health published in selected peer-reviewed journals. Although sex is included frequently as a control or stratifying variable, few a…
Clothing norms as markers of status in a hospital setting
This article uses a Bourdieusian framework to understand the importance of clothing norms for symbolizing and reproducing social, as well as professional, hierarchy in hospitals. Using data from participant observation, it examines how a complex yet informal dress code has emerged at a community hospital in the Northeastern United States, in a setting where very few formal guidelines exist on how to dress. By conceptualizing professionals as hold…
It's time she stopped torturing herself
Negotiating intersex
Dual Autonomies, Divergent Approaches
The United States relies on international and osteopathic medical graduates ('non-USMDs') to fill one third of residency positions because of a shortage of American MD graduates ('USMDs'). Non-USMDs are often informally excluded from top residency positions, while USMDs tend to fill the most prestigious residencies. Little is known, however, about whether the training in these different settings is comparable or how it impacts patients. Drawing o…
Doctors' Orders
Journal Article Review of Doctors' Orders: The Making of Status Hierarchies in an Elite Profession Get access Columbia University Press, 2020, 352 Pages. https://cup.columbia.edu/book/doctors-orders/9780231189354 Tania M Jenkins Tania M Jenkins Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Social Forces, Volume 99, Issue 3, March 2021, Page e2, https://doi.org/10.1093/sf/soaa100 Published: 22 October 2020 Article histor…
Special issue introduction
Preparing for exclusion
Political science (7 works) · Psychology (7 works) · Sociology (7 works) · Medicine (6 works) · Law (5 works) · Social science (4 works) · Medical education (3 works) · Social Psychology (3 works) · Autonomy (2 works) · Economic shortage (2 works)