The symbolic value of the white coat?

Based on Hochberg Reading What is the symbolic value of the white coat? Explain how the symbol of the white coat can be important to facilitating and easing the process of a medical examination. In addition to the white coat, do you know of other symbols of medical authority, and do they function as a white coat?

• Describe the overall ritual process by which a person takes on the role of patient in the context of a biomedical examination. In your analysis, identify 5 specific actions that are part of this ritual and explain their ritual purpose (from an anthropological point of view).