Hiram College (30 miles from Cleveland, OH)-- Presenters: Sonia Shah, Elizabeth Kucinich, Roy Jacobstein and other scholars, artists and activists. What commitments to human moral equality and justice are required of the biomedical research community, public health care planners, providers’ of health care and distributors of resources? What are obstacles to and ways of resolving issues of U.S. and global health care injustice? What are examples of successful solutions or at least steps in that direction? What narratives drive individuals and organizations to adopt other-regarding behavior? How do the world’s drama, music, art and literature help address problems of national and international poverty and health care? Contact: Center for Literature, Medicine and Biomedical Humanities at Hiram College, Hiram Ohio. Graduate credit available. Phone: 330-569-5380. E-mail: kohnm@hiram.edu Website: litmed.hiram.edu
LEVERAGING CHANGE: THE POLITICS and ECONOMICS OF GLOBAL POVERTY AND HEALTH CARE
2007-06-21 13:00
2007-06-24 11:00
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