Medical Humanities Report
Mind-Body Medicine & Spirituality:
New Knowledge and Ancient Wisdom

Michigan Writers Series flyerThe Thirteenth Annual Foglio Conference on Spirituality and Medicine invites you to join us for a full day of dialogue and learning about how science and spirituality intersect in the field of mind-body medicine, featuring a Keynote Address "Faith, Healing and the Placebo Effect" by Anne Harrington, Chair of the History of Science Department, Harvard University. Conference FREE - registration required.
 
Just Caring:
Health Care Rationing and Democratic Deliberation
by Leonard M. Fleck
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What does it mean to be a "just" and "caring" society when we have only limited resources to meet unlimited health care needs? Do we believe that all lives are of equal value? Is human life priceless? Should a "just" and "caring" society refuse to put limits on health care spending?

Available from Oxford University Press.

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Just Love: Transforming Civic Virtue
by Ann Mongoven

Once upon a time, civic virtue described an ethic of political involvement for all citizens. As American democracy evolved, the public and private spheres separated. Dr. Mongoven argues for a transformed civic virtue: passionate care for fellow citizens and lets ordinary heroes suggest the path toward civic renewal.

Available from Indiana University Press.
 

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