Call For Proposals for the 2009 ASBH Spring Conference

November 12, 2008

Call For Proposals for the 2009 American Society for Bioethics and Humanities Spring Conference:
Abstracts Due December 15th, 2008
Books to Bedside: Translational Work in the Medical Humanities
April 23-25, 2008
Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago

A common role of the humanities in medicine has been to provide a creative outlet or a respite from the difficulties of medical practice.  The applied medical humanities aims to build concrete skills essential to clinical practice.

This conference will focus on application, investigating the purpose of humanities work as it translates to patient care.  Through paired plenaries, breakout sessions, and workshops, this conference will answer such questions as:

• What is the “bench work” or the medical humanities?  What does it mean to bring books to the bedside?
• Do the humanities have an intrinsic role in clinical thinking?
• How does humanities research translate into clinical practice?
• What is the relation of narrative theory to narrative medicine?

Submission of proposals for paper presentations, panels, or workshops is invited.  Email to [email protected] by December 15th, 2008.

For more information, contact Catherine Belling or see the conference website: http://bioethics.northwestern.edu/events/asbh_spring09_conf.html