When   Thursday, November 5, 2009   Time   12:00 PM - 12:45 PM  
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Where   Lurie Research Searle Seminar Room 303 E Superior St   map it
Audience   - Faculty/Staff - Student - Public
Contact   Bryan Morrison   312-503-1927  
Group   Medical Humanities and Bioethics Program
More Info   http://bioethics.northwestern.edu/lectures/

Clinical Judgment East: How Chinese Doctors Think

Judith Farquhar, PhD
Max Palevsky Professor of Anthropology
and of Social Sciences
University of Chicago

Dr. Farquhar does research on traditional medicine, popular culture, and everyday life in contemporary China. Anthropological areas of interest include medical anthropology; the anthropology of knowledge and of embodiment; critical theory and cultural studies; and theories of reading, writing, and translation.

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The Medical Humanities & Bioethics Lectures run weekly on Thursdays at noon, addressing diverse topics within bioethics and the medical humanities. Speakers are MH&B faculty or special guests we've invited to present. All lectures run from noon to 12:45pm in the Searle Seminar Room in the Lurie building. All are welcome. Please feel free to bring a lunch.