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History of Medicine: Opioids’ Long Shadow
Marcia Meldrum, MD, revisits three historical episodes in which the need to relieve pain was challenged by the need to prevent and control opioid addiction: the era of iatrogenic addiction in the early 20th century before and after the passage of the Harrison Act of 1914; the shift in attitudes toward and treatment of pain from the 1950s to the 1970s; and the current opioid epidemic, fueled by opioid overprescription and overuse, from the late 1990s to the present.
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Experiences With Cancer, Captured in Works of Art
Susan Gubar, who has been living with ovarian cancer since 2008, highlights the program Brushes With Cancer, which pairs patients with artists who create a unique work to capture the patient's experience with the disease.
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A Look Back and a Path Forward: Poetry's Healing Power During the Pandemic
This recent article by David Haosen Xiang & Alisha Moon Yi discusses how poetry can impact both patients and caregivers, and why it is particularly important at this time as a tool to help combat loneliness.
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‘What do we do, doctor?’ Transitions of identity and responsibility: a narrative analysis
Using a narrative framework, Sarah Yardley and colleagues explore the challenging transition from student to doctor, analyzing the "complex relationships between changes in responsibility and development of professional identity."
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Highlights from Projects in the Humanities and Ethics at NYU Langone Health
New Annotation:
Dustin Brinker on Beloved by Toni Morrison
“Set in the 19th century United States, Beloved follows a formerly enslaved woman named Sethe and the lives of those closest to her.”
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Bolstering Trust in the Human Papillomavirus Vaccine Through Improved Communication in the Vaccine Information Statement
Catherine Constable, MD, a previous Rudin Faculty Scholar at NYU Grossman School of Medicine, and Carolyn Riley Chapman discuss how improving the clarity of health communication, specifically in vaccine information statements, can improve trust and understanding of risks and benefits.
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Quick Links
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Calls for Submission & Other Opportunities
Who Is a Good Death For?
This Departures in Critical Qualitative Research Critical Interventions forum invites scholars, death care practitioners, artists, death doulas, healthcare practitioners, and others interested in the topic of a good death to respond to the question, “Who is a Good Death For?”
Critical Inventions forums typically consist of first-person essays. Submissions may include, but are not limited to, traditional manuscripts; other creative works (e.g., poems, scripts) are welcome. Submissions should not exceed 1,500 words including endnotes. Deadline February 1, 2021. More information
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- Call for Book Chapters: Narratives and Mental Health, abstract deadline 9/1/20
- Grant Program for Evaluating Outcomes: Fundamental Role of the Arts and Humanities in Medical Education, application deadline 9/15/20
- Medical Heritage Library Conference 2020, abstract deadline 9/18/20
- NLM Michael E. DeBakey Fellowship in the History of Medicine, deadline 9/25/20
- 2020 Conley Art of Medicine Contest, deadline 9/25/20
- Caring and Sharing: Health and Humanities in Today’s World, abstract deadline 10/31/20
- Medical Humanities-BMJ Seeks Blog Content on This Year’s Theme: Access, rolling deadline
- Palgrave Encyclopaedia of Medical Humanities, rolling deadline
- Emerald Studies In The Humanities, Ageing And Later Life, submit a proposal / no deadline noted
- Historical Perspectives in Art Section of The Journal of Humanities in Rehabilitation, no deadline
- Black Voices in Healthcare: A New Audio Documentary Storytelling Project from The Nocturnists, open until further notice
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Events & Conferences
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Franz Wright: Last Words, A Cinematic Meditation On Leaving
A documentary set to the words that Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Franz Wright secretly recorded for his wife Beth Oehlkers Wright during the years he battled against terminal cancer.
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Experimenting with Death: An Introduction to Terror Management Theory for the Age of Covid
An Illustrated, Live Zoom Lecture by Behavioral Data Scientist Michael Johns
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MedHumChat: Suicide Prevention
In recognition of National Suicide Awareness month in the US, the #MedHumChat community will be discussing two pieces that center on this topic that is too often considered taboo. Guest: Dr. Juveria Zaheer (@juveriazaheer), an emergency psychiatrist and suicide researcher at the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health in Toronto.
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September Virtual Narrative Medicine Rounds
“Metagnosis: Revelatory Narratives of Health and Identity,” a talk by writer Danielle Spencer, PhD
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Maesters, Greyscale, and Milk of the Poppy: Medicine in Game of Thrones
An Illustrated, Live Zoom Lecture with Rare Book Librarian Elisabeth Brander
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While We Were COVID-ing: Innovation at a Time of Crisis
Thomas L. Friedman in conversation with Gidi Grinstein
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Narrative Medicine & The Creative Impulse
Hosted by the Division of Narrative Medicine at Columbia. Early Bird Registration of $50 off tuition through October 9. Standard registration open through October 16th, space permitting.
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