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Month: January 2008

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