Program for Humanities in Medicine

 

The Program for Humanities in Medicine was established by Howard Spiro, MD in 1983 at the Yale University School of Medicine to bring attention to the links between the arts and humanities and the practice of medicine.

Thomas P. Duffy, M.D
Director

Clara Gyorgyey, MA, MAT
Associate Director

Symposium: WHERE THE TWO CULTURES CONVERGE:

MEDICINE AND HUMANITIES, Saturday, April 26, Anlyan Center

Letter of Invitation
Program

Program Power Point Presentations and Lecturer Notes:
A Medical Students' Perspective on the Humanities in Medicine
The Art of Translating the Art of Medicine
Paintings & Patients
Poety, Empathy, and Reflective Practice
Reflectionson the Portraits of an Illness
Thank you from Howard Spiro



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We have lectures on Thursdays at 5:00 at various locations on campus.

Schedule for the 2007-2008 Lecture Series

Books published under the auspices of the Program for Humanities in Medicine
 

To be added to our mailing list, please e-mail or call Deborah Finger at (203) 785-4744.

 


Related sites of interest:

  The Yale Journal for Humanities in Medicine, an online journal edited by Howard Spiro, MD

  NYU maintains a database and directory on Medical Humanities.

  Internet Resources in the History of Medicine and Science

  Cushing/Whitney Medical Library

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