The UC Riverside Center for Ideas and Society has had the privilege of hosting internationally prominent scholars through its Distinguished Faculty Visitor Program. The Center appoints a Distinguished Faculty Visitor annually whose scholarly interests and reputation define the topic for the Resident Fellows' collective research agenda. DFV Professor Howard Brody Howard Brody has served as the Director of the Center for Ethics and Humanities at Michigan State University since 1985, where he is heavily involved in the teaching curriculum of the College of Human Medicine.
Many forces appear to be clashing today in health care.
Some view humanism in medicine and evidence-based medicine as fundamentally in opposition. This research theme begins with the assumption that medical humanism and a biopsychosocial model of care, and evidence-based medicine, can be complementary and mutually supporting when each is properly understood. An interdisciplinary approach is required to better understand what narrative calls for in medical theory, medical practice, and applied ethics.