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In the Spotlight

Medical Ethics Summer Seminar, June 24-28, 2019

The Arete Initiative at Duke University will be hosting a Medical Ethics Seminar led by Christopher Tollefsen, PhD, University of South Carolina and Farr Curlin, MD, Duke University. This seminar invites students to examine the central ethical questions that arise in the everyday practice of medicine and to interpret those questions through a moral framework
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Former TMC Fellow Ben Frush on the Role of Religion in Medicine

Does religion have a place in medicine? Benjamin Frush, MD, former TMC Fellow and resident in internal medicine at Vanderbilt University responds to this question in an interview for Monthly Prescribing Reference. Dr. Frush writes: “The idea that we can cleanly separate religion and medicine, as pertains to both doctors and patients, is artificial because
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Samaritan Health Center: A Free and Charitable Clinic Serving Low-Income Residents of Central North Carolina

Samaritan Health is hosting two Theology, Medicine, and Culture Fellows this year for field study. Learn more about Samaritan Health in this new video.
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Theology, Medicine & Culture Events

Who Cares? Series: “Depression” with Tara Corbett, MSW

Wednesday, January 23, 2019, 12:15PM | 0014 Westbrook
The Theology, Medicine, and Culture Initiative and the Office of Ministerial Formation are sponsoring a seminar series entitled “Who Cares? Why Pastoral Care Matters and How to Do It Well.” The fourth (of 7) meeting of the series will cover depression and be led by Tara Corbett, MSW. Who Cares? provides an introduction to counseling

TMC Seminar: “A Faithful and Wise Compassion: When Potions, Pills, and Procedures Fail,” Joshua Briscoe, MD

Friday, February 8, 2019, 12PM | Trent Center for Bioethics, Humanities, and the History of Medicine
Joshua C. Briscoe is Medical Instructor in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences and Medical Instructor in the Department of Medicine at Duke University Medical School.

Who Cares? Series: “Suicidality” with Tara Corbett, MSW

Wednesday, February 20, 2019, 12:15PM | 0014 Westbrook
The Theology, Medicine, and Culture Initiative and the Office of Ministerial Formation are sponsoring a seminar series entitled “Who Cares? Why Pastoral Care Matters and How to Do It Well.” The fifth (of 7) meeting of the series will cover suicidality and be led by Tara Corbett, MSW. Who Cares? provides an introduction to counseling

TMC Seminar: “(How) Can the Church Help Address Racism in Healthcare?” Dr. Charmaine Royal

Friday, February 22, 2019, 12PM | Trent Center for Bioethics, Humanities, and the History of Medicine
Charmaine Royal is associate professor of African & African American Studies, Biology, and Community & Family Medicine at Duke University. She is also core faculty in the Duke Initiative for Science and Society, faculty affiliate in the Duke Global Health Institute, and senior fellow in the Kenan Institute for Ethics. Full bio.