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September 2018
Narrative Medicine Rounds » September Narrative Medicine Rounds with Haider Warraich, MD: “The Search for Beauty at the End of Life”
For our first Narrative Medicine Rounds for Fall 2018, on September 5, 2018, from 5-7 p.m., at the Columbia University Medical Center Faculty Club, we welcome Dr. Haider Warraich, whose book Modern Death: How Medicine Changed the End of Life, deepens and enriches the conversation about death and dying that’s been growing since Dr. Sherwin Nuland’s classic How We Die: Reflections on Life’s Final Chapter and Atul Guwande’s Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End.
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Narrative Medicine Rounds » October Narrative Medicine Rounds with Nina Kraus – “Music and the Brain: How Our Lives in Sound Shape Who We Are”
For our October Narrative Medicine Rounds, on Wednesday, October 3rd, 2018, from 5-7 p.m., at the Columbia University Medical Center Faculty Club, we welcome Nina Kraus, PhD, who is the Hugh Knowles Professor of Communication Sciences, Neurobiology and Otolaryngology at Northwestern University. She is a scientist, inventor and amateur musician who uses hearing as a window into brain health.
Find out more »Workshops » Narrative Medicine: A Basic Weekend Workshop
The care of the sick unfolds in stories. The effective practice of healthcare requires the ability to recognize, absorb, interpret, and be moved to action by the stories of others.
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November Narrative Medicine Rounds with Ronald Epstein, MD: “Attending: Mindfulness in Clinical Practice””
For our November Narrative Medicine Rounds, on Wed., Nov. 7, from 5-7 p.m., at the Columbia University Medical School Faculty Club, we welcome Ronald Epstein, MD, a family physician, teacher, researcher and writer, who has devoted his career to understanding and improving patient-physician communication, quality of care and clinician mindfulness. He will discuss his compassionate work and recent book, entitled Attending: Medicine, Mindfulness and Humanity that was published last year by Scribner.
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December Narrative Medicine Rounds: Topher Sanders
December Narrative Medicine Rounds with ProPublica journalist Topher Sanders For our December Narrative Medicine Rounds, we welcome back Topher Sanders, a writer and journalist who covers race, inequality and the justice system for ProPublica. Mr. Sanders spoke at last year’s Narrative Medicine Workshop on racial inequality and social justice. His data-driven reporting on juvenile plea deals and the time Jacksonville juveniles spend in pre-trial detention facilities was a 2015 finalist for an Investigative Reporters and Editors award. His reporting…
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