Much can be learned about how patients confront death from The Death of Ivan Ilych , much can be discovered about the reaction to epidemic disease from Defoe and Camus. On demonstrates in ways not encountered on hospital wards how words can be a matter of life or death. Discovering how philosophers from centuries gone by view the responsibilities of the powerful when dealing with the powerless can shed tremendous new light on the ethical responsibility of physicians in an age of limited resources. Following this presentation will be a commentary by a participant from the related field. The following is a preliminary announcement of this year's program.
Words can be a matter of life or death.
That Never Happened. Three dramatic perspectives on life's wounds and attendant illness, and the prospects for cure, care, and closure. When One Twin Dies. Sickle Cell Anemia and the Politics of Race and Health in the 20th Century South. Medicine's Ten Greatest Discoveries.