Literature inspired my medical career: Why the humanities are needed in health care
1/10/2023
Irène Mathieu Assistant Professor of Pediatrics Assistant Director, Program in Health Humanities and Ethics University of Virginia While there is a long history of doctor-poets – one giant of mid-20th-century…
1/10/2022
A program of the Center for Health Humanities and Ethics University of Virginia School of Medicine Provided by the University of Virginia School of Medicine and School of Nursing Wednesday,…
Prof. Epstein Lauded by the Society of Critical Care Medicine (SCCM)
1/7/2022
The Society of Critical Care Medicine (SCCM) has selected School of Nursing professor Beth Epstein for its 2020 Grenvik Family Award for Ethics, which recognizes an SCCM member’s efforts…
Pediatric Ethics: Theory and Practice
12/17/2021
This new book assists health care providers to understand the specific interplay of the roles and relationships currently forming the debates in pediatric clinical ethics. It builds on the fact…
Eating Disorders in Youth Rose During COVID — But the Signs Aren’t What Parents Might Expect
11/3/2021
A peer-reviewed study out of the British Journal of Psychiatry suggests that eating disorder diagnoses increased 15% in 2020 among people under 30 compared to previous years. Researchers believe the increase is…
2/4/2021
Our Picks: February 5–18 1) KEN BURNS AND LONNIE BUNCH DISCUSS THE MAKING OF CULTURAL MEMORY Join Filmmaker Ken Burns and Smithsonian Institution Secretary Lonnie Bunch for “History is now:…
Former Center Director, Daniel Becker, MD, Publishes Debut Book of Poetry
12/8/2020
Dr. Becker's 2nd Chance The Center congratulates former director, Dr. Daniel Becker, on the publication of his debut book of poetry, 2nd Chance. A nod to his first chapbook length…
Medical Center Hour is Moving to Zoom
8/27/2020
Medical Center Hour is moving to Zoom. Our 2020-2021 season—Medical Center Hour's 50th!—starts on Wednesday, 16 September 2020. Join our Zoom webinars on Wednesdays, 12:00-1:00 pm, from the Zooming device…
AMA Journal of Ethics essay by James Childress and Marcia Day Childress
8/6/2020
In its May 2020 issue, the AMA Journal of Ethics carried an essay by James Childress and Marcia Day Childress, "What Does the Evolution from Informed Consent to Shared Decision…
8/4/2020
The popular online ARTNET news service did a story about "Confronting Epidemics—Perspectives from History, Ethics, and the Arts," an intensive required course for the UVA School of Medicine Classes of…
