Drew University, which features a graduate program in medical humanities, is hosting the 3rd Graduate Medical Humanities Symposium Nov. 6-8, 2008:
Speakers include: Norman Daniels, Ph.D., Professor of Ethics and Population Health in the Department of Global Health and Populations at the Harvard School of Public Health has agreed to speak on Healthcare as a Right. Dr. Peter Budetti, Bartlett Foundation Professor of Public Health in the Department of Health Administration and Policy in the College of Public Health at OU-Tulsa has agreed to speak on the topic of Market Justice vs. Social Justice. And, Howard Berliner, Ph.D., new Chair and Professor of Health Policy and Management at the SUNY Downstate School of Public Health in Brooklyn, will speak on Current Realities in Healthcare, Race, Economics and Injustice. Paul Hebert, Ph.D. speaking on "When does a difference become a disparity." Currently works at the US Department of Veterans Affairs Health Services Research and Development Service, former Assistant Professor of Health Policy at Mount Sinai School of Medicine. And, Len Fleck, Ph.d. currently a Professor of Philosophy and Medical Ethics at Michigan State University will speak on The Ethical Challenge of Health care Rationing and Democratic Deliberation.
The anticipated audience is: doctors, nurses, members of the pharmaceutical industry, healthcare foundation policy makers, allied health care workers and administrators, hospital chaplains, hospital and nursing home administrators, and graduate students in Medical Humanities, Medical Anthropology, and Public Health as well as students enrolled in Liberal Arts at Drew.
Further details are available at the Symposium website.
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