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Published in: Perspectives on Medical Education 2/2018

Open Access 01-04-2018 | Commentary

Working on the bias

Author: Anna Harris

Published in: Perspectives on Medical Education | Issue 2/2018

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I used to make my own clothes, including neckties. With my friend and fellow medical student Mimi, we bought silk and learned how to make ties which we sold to other medical students needing to look more professional in the eyes of patients and the doctors teaching and assessing them. When making ties we learned to work on ‘the bias’. This means working with fabrics against the grain, or obliquely. This is done in tie-making, and in other forms of tailoring and sewing, so that the garment hangs in a particular way. Clothes made on the bias are more giving, flexible and fluid. …
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Metadata
Title
Working on the bias
Author
Anna Harris
Publication date
01-04-2018
Publisher
Bohn Stafleu van Loghum
Published in
Perspectives on Medical Education / Issue 2/2018
Print ISSN: 2212-2761
Electronic ISSN: 2212-277X
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s40037-017-0396-3

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