Richard Selzer and Ten Terrific Tales by Tony Miksanek, MD Family Physician and Author, Raining Stethoscopes If there were a Medical Humanities Hall of Fame, physician-writer Richard Selzer (1928-2016) would be a first-ballot selection. And likely by a unanimous vote. >> Read more
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Medical Humanities – Initiating the Journey at Xavier University School of Medicine
Dr P. Ravi Shankar has been facilitating medical humanities sessions for over eight years, first in Nepal and currently in Aruba in the Dutch Caribbean. He has a keen interest in and has written extensively on the subject. He has >> Read more
Two Doctors, Two Generations: Q&A with Dr. Barron Lerner
On May 6, 2014, Barron Lerner, MD, PhD, kicked off the Lerner Lectureship series with a talk that explored the evolution of medical ethics through the lens of his father’s and his own practice of medicine. Dr. Lerner’s father, Phillip >> Read more
The Story of C.: Teaching Poetry to Children with Disabilities
Commentary by Nicole Callihan, Teaching Artist for Teachers & Writers Collaborative and Language Lecturer at New York University Spring seems to be rearing her pretty little head again, and I find myself back in the Staten Island classroom working with >> Read more
What Is Medical Humanities and Why?
Commentary by Jack Coulehan, M.D., M.P.H., Professor Emeritus of Preventive Medicine and Fellow, Center for Medical Humanities and Bioethics, Stony Brook University, New York “Medical humanities” is one of those I-know-one-when-I-see-one terms. Taken literally, the two words have about the >> Read more
Medical Ethics on Stage
Commentary by Angela Belli, Ph.D. Professor of English, St. John’s University, New York City For those interested in the debates concerning ethical issues in biomedical science and technology, the domain to visit is the theater. Playwrights frequently focus on the >> Read more
Further Reflections on Medical Humanities
Commentary by Johanna Shapiro, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Family Medicine and Director, Program in Medical Humanities & Arts, University of California Irvine School of Medicine The intriguing musings of Brian Dolan on this blog (Medical Humanities: Education or Entertainment?) >> Read more
Medical Humanities: Education or Entertainment?
Commentary by Brian Dolan, Ph.D., Professor of Social Medicine and Medical Humanities at University of California at San Francisco A few weeks ago, I hosted a workshop for faculty from a number of campuses who work within medical centers and >> Read more
The Story of S.: Teaching Poetry to Children with Disabilities
Commentary by Nicole Hefner, Teaching Artist for Teachers & Writers Collaborative and Language Lecturer at New York University For the past decade I’ve taught poetry to children with moderate to severe learning and mental disabilities in the New York Public >> Read more
The Craft of Writing: A Workshop for Doctors-in-training
Commentary by Anna Reisman, M.D., Co-Director, Department of Internal Medicine Writers’ Workshop, Yale University School of Medicine In this blog, I’ll tell you about a writing workshop for residents at Yale that centers on the craft of writing, and I’ll >> Read more