Budget constraints may dominate General Assembly In Memoriam Hot Links - Cabell Hall mural Medical series looks at the human side of medicine TOP NEWS Medical series looks at the human side of medicine T opics ranging from physicians' emotional reactions when patients die to performances of music and poetry to keeping children safe are among this semester's schedule of Medical Center Hour lectures. The Medical School's lecture series explores current issues and controversies for medicine and society. Its spring 2001 weekly series begins next week.
All programs are free and open to the public.
The first talk, Jan. 17, will focus on U.Va. Impact on Patient Care. Dr. Thomas H. Hunter, the Medical Center Hour includes topics in contemporary health care, culture, ethics, religion, law, scientific research and public policy. The Humanities in Medicine program introduces the humanities and the arts into the medical curriculum and into the life of the academic medical community, with the goal of enriching the study and practice of medicine through attention to and reflection on humanistic values, expressions and traditions, including spiritual and ethical concerns.