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In the Spotlight

“The Way of Medicine”: A medical student reflects on her experience at the Arete Medical Ethics Seminar, led by Dr. Farr Curlin

In an article for Convivium, medical student Samantha Rossi reflects on her experience at the Arete Medical Ethics seminar at Duke University in June 2019. The seminar, led by Duke TMCI’s Dr. Farr Curlin, and Dr. Chris Tollefsen, a philosopher at the University of South Carolina, is a 5-day course inviting participants to examine central
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Register for Practice and Presence 2019!

Join us for our upcoming Practice and Presence Conference, September 13-15 at Duke Divinity School, entitled “Fear Not: Faithful Health Care in an Anxious Age.”  The conference features plenary speakers Abraham Nussbaum, Victoria Sweet, Lydia Dugdale, Brian Volck, and others. This year, we are proud to offer continuing education credit. We hope many health care
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New TMC Video | “God, Give Me Eyes to See”: The Fellowship in Theology, Medicine, and Culture

Watch this profile of TMC Fellowship alumnus Dr. Benjamin Frush, a medicine-pediatrics resident at Vanderbilt, whose experience as a Theology, Medicine, and Culture Fellow at Duke Divinity School gave him eyes to see Christ in his patients.  
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Theology, Medicine & Culture Events

TMC Seminar: “Race, Religion, and the Medical Aid in Dying Movement,” Terri Laws, PhD

Friday, November 1, 2019, 12PM | Trent Center for Bioethics, Humanities & History of Medicine
Terri Laws completed the doctorate of philosophy in Religious Studies with a concentration in African American Religions at Rice University. Dr. Laws employs theories and methods from the social sciences to investigate questions in race, religion, and society with healthcare and health inequities as her institutional focus. The aim of her research agenda is to

TMC Seminar: “Shakespeare on the End of Life,” Brian Quaranta, MD, MA

Friday, November 15, 2019, 12PM | Trent Center for Bioethics, Humanities & History of Medicine
Dr. Quaranta is an Assistant Professor of Radiation Oncology at Duke University School of Medicine, and Associate Faculty at the Trent Center for Bioethics, Humanities, and History of Medicine. His practice focuses on general radiation oncology, with a particular interest in breast and prostate cancers. In addition to his medical interests, he very interested in

Inaugural Catena Lecture | “Gratitude in Action: One Doctor. One Hospital. One Million Patients.”

Tuesday, November 19, 2019, 5:30PM | Goodson Chapel
The Theology, Medicine, and Culture Initiative is hosting the Inaugural Catena Lecture in Medicine, Faith and Service, given by Tom Catena, MD. The lecture is entitled “Gratitude in Action: One Doctor. One Hospital. One Million Patients.” The annual lectureship will publicly appreciate and encourage students to study the example of Dr. Tom Catena, a singular