Aaron Bunnell and Meredith Dunn, fourth year medical students enrolled in the 2007-2008 Area of Concentration in Medical Humanities program (Directors, Dr. Brian Dolan and Dr. John Tercier), have produced the first of an annual volume of writings showcasing some of the fruits of their academic labor in the medical humanities.
Available for free download or hardcopy purchase at Lulu. Congratulations and job well done!
This interdisciplinary department in the School of Medicine provides
non-biomedical social science and humanities perspectives on health, illness,
and disease. The Department runs three teaching and research programs, two in coordination
with the University of California, Berkeley:
Medical Anthropology
(PhD program with the Department of Anthropology's Program in Critical Studies in
Medicine, Science, and the Body)
History of Health Sciences
(PhD program with the Doctoral Program at the Office for the History of Science)
Social Medicine
(Developing an area of instruction in Medical Humanities through a multi-campus UC Medical Humanities Consortium. More information coming soon!)
Of
Interest
DAHSM Calendar of Events at a Glance
In addition, the Department is home to the Center for Humanities and
Health Sciences designed to foster intellectual interaction between students
and faculty throughout
the department, the four schools within UCSF, other UC Campuses, and other
institutions.
