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Foreword vii Introduction 1 1 Boundaries 5 Introduction (Mary) 5 Through Thick and Thin: Boundaries in Medicine (Delese) 6 Boundary Lessness (Mary) 13 Revisioning Boundaries (Martha) 17 2 Curriculum 27 Introduction (Mary) 27 Doing Curriculum in the Medical Academy (Delese) 29 Motley Topics: Toward a Harlequin Curriculum (Mary) 33 Curriculum: Abuse or Possibility? (Martha) 41 3 Disgrace 47 Introduction (Martha) 47 Made of Others’ Words: Language’s Disgrace in Postcolonial African Writing (Mary) 49 Amazing (Dis)grace (Delese) 59 Disgrace: A Place to Begin Anew (Martha) 64 4 Distance 69 Introduction (Martha) 69 Shrinking Distance (Delese) 70 v Contents Embracing the Dis Stances (Mary) 75 Troubling Distance (Martha) 83 5 Fear 91 Introduction (Martha) 91 Heart be Still: Fear of Academic Performance (Delese) 92 Fear of Second Birth (Mary) 99 Examining the Face of Fear (Martha) 103 6 Forgiveness 107 Introduction (Delese) 107 Forgiveness: Beginning Again (Martha) 108 Forgiveness and For Isness (Mary) 113 “Mistakes Were Made”: Admitting (and Forgiving) Medical Error (Delese) 120 7 Light 127 Introduction (Delese) 127 Nurturing Light (Martha) 128 Holding Flashlights (Delese) 133 The Dark of Light (Mary) 139 8 Motherhood 143 Introduction (Delese) 143 Mothering from the Middle (Martha) 144 Motherhood, Desire, and Transnational Adoption (Delese) 148 What’s the Matter with Mom? (Mary) 155 9 Teaching 163 Introduction (Mary) 163 Teaching: A Return to Wonder (Martha) 164 Teaching in the Gap (Mary) 169 (Mis)Takes on Teaching (Delese) 173 Notes 179 References 181 Index 197 CONTENTS vi ...

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