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The Master of Arts in Medical Humanities & Bioethics program presents

A Montgomery Lecture

with

Harris Solomon, PhD
Associate Professor of
Cultural Anthropology and Global Health
Duke University
Durham, North Carolina

Near Death: Trauma, Mortality, and Urban Space in India

This talk examines what kinds of social, political, and ethical tensions emerge in the face of traumatic injury. It is based on ethnographic research on traffic accidents in Mumbai, India, much of it conducted inside a public municipal hospital emergency department and trauma ward. The talk details movements between the trauma ward and the mortuary. It argues that contact points between the living and the dead demonstrate how trauma distributes, and more generally illustrate the complex relations between injury, mortality, and urban space.

Description:

The Master of Arts in Medical Humanities & Bioethics program presents

A Montgomery Lecture

with

Rikki Gaber, MA, MS, LCGC
Genetic Counselor
Program Coordinator of the Cancer Risk Evaluation Program
Advocate Illinois Masonic, Creticos Cancer Center

Pertinent Ethical Issues in Genetics: Present and Future

This broad-reaching lecture will provide an overview of ethical issues facing genetics providers and society at large.

Description:

The Master of Arts in Medical Humanities and Bioethics Program presents

A Montgomery Lecture

with

Ricardo Rosenkranz, MD
Assistant Professor, Pediatrics (Community Based Primary Care)
Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University

The Medicine and Magic Seminars: Teaching Behind the Curtain and Beyond the Trick

For the past eight years Dr. Rosenkranz has been teaching humanities seminars on Medicine and Magic at Feinberg and elsewhere. Course participants range from first-year medical students through late career physicians. What can be learned about the medical profession when viewed through the lens of theatrical magic? How can magic be used to enhance professional identity and excellence in medicine? Dr. Rosenkranz describes the content and context of his courses and invites us to reflect on the role of magic in medicine.

Description:

The Master of Arts in Medical Humanities and Bioethics Program presents

A Montgomery Lecture

with

Dario Robleto

The topic of this particular talk is yet to be announced.

Description:

The Master of Arts in Medical Humanities and Bioethics Program presents

A Montgomery Lecture

with

Annalese Duprey, PhD Candidate
English Department, Northwestern University
Medical Humanities and Bioethics Fellowship Program, alumna

Mirrors and Mirror Neurons:
A Reflection on the Importance of Compassion in Healing

Medieval medicine and literature imagined lovesickness as a disease which could most directly be cured, literally, by empathy. The sick lover’s pain is most effectively assuaged when the object of his desires sees his suffering, takes pity on him, and reciprocates his amorous feelings. One of the primary metaphors of love in this medieval context is that of a mirror—the same metaphor by which we describe the neurons that help us forge social and emotional connections. Taking John Gower’s 14th century Confessio Amantis (Lover’s Confession) as its base text, this talk will consider the metaphor of the mirror, the lady’s empathy, and the modern understanding of mirror neurons while asking how medicine can better practice empathetic healing.