Author Archives: Sandra Cheng

Addiction and Harm Reduction Recap

As promised, I’m uploading Gwen’s and Aida’s mp3’s from last week’s session on addiction and harm reduction, aptly titled “Addiction, Illness, Death, Dying and Redemption.” The songs are too big to be uploaded onto the OpenLab, so I’ve added links … Continue reading

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Reminder: Shauna Vey’s Talk tomorrow Nov 14

Just a friendly reminder that one of our team members, Professor Shauna Vey will be giving a talk tomorrow Thursday, November 14, on her research on nineteenth-century child actors in Atrium 631 at 1:oo pm. Shauna Vey – WORKS IN … Continue reading

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Series on Medical Burnout in the NYT

Just a quick note to tell you that NYT writer David Bornstein has been writing about burnout in healthcare, and the different ways health professionals have been seeking meaning in their work. His latest commentary “Who Will Heal the Doctors” … Continue reading

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Bert Hansen Lecture

I thoroughly enjoyed Bert Hansen’s talk on   representations of medical issues last week. As noted, he found 1100 articles devoted to medicine in his study of Life Magazine. His focus on Life Magazine thoroughly reinforces how this publication was … Continue reading

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My Monstrous Child Talk tomorrow

FYI, I’m giving a lecture on representations of child deformities of the early modern period “Looking at Monstrous Children: From Prodigy to Nature’s Artifice.” It’ll be held in Atrium 631 at 1 PM on Thursday, September 12th.  Here’s a short … Continue reading

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NYT article mentioning Dr. Charon

Hi all, As promised, here’s the link to the NYT article that Shauna brought in, Juliann Carey’s “When Doctors Discriminate,” an opinion piece in the August 10, 2013 issue of the New York Times. Click here to go to the … Continue reading

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