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Literature and Medicine |
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“Sharing Our Past — Shaping Our Future” Since 1974 |
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A Sampling of Books
Between the Heartbeats: Poetry and Prose by Nurses Cortney Davis and Judy Schaefer, eds.
Population 485 Michael Perry
Losing the Garden Laura Waterman
A Life in Medicine: A Literary Anthology Robert Coles, M.D. and Randy Testa, eds.
Rules for Old Men Waiting Peter Pouncey
The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down Anne Fadiman
March Geraldine Brooks
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A New Kind of Reading and Discussion Program |
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Literature and Medicine: Humanities at the Heart of Health Care is about sharing stories — those of published authors as well as our own. With dynamic, monthly, facilitated book discussions, health-care workers use literature to illuminate issues central to caring for people — well, sick, or dying.
The Vermont Humanities Council brought this innovative health-care program — a seven-year success in Maine — to Vermont in 2003.
Health-care workers in Vermont hospitals meet monthly — sharing stories that explore issues of whole people, not just sick bodies, and how health care affects lives beyond the hospital doors.
LITERATURE AND MEDICINE: Humanities at the Heart of Health Care
· A monthly reading and discussion program over dinner for hospital workers and allied staff, facilitated by professionals. · Expands perspectives and promotes awareness of cultural backgrounds, resulting in care that is patient-centered, humane, and holistic. · Enhances relationships, increasing respect and understanding among co-workers, preventing burnout, and improving patient care. · An opportunity to listen, share, and reflect, using the powerful medium of story.
Active at Eight Vermont Hospitals · Fletcher Allen Health Care (Burlington) · Gifford Medical Center (Randolph) · Northeastern Vermont Regional Hospital (St. Johnsbury) · Northwestern Medical Center (St. Albans) · Porter Medical Center (Middlebury) · Rutland Regional Medical Center · VA Medical Center (White River Junction) · Vermont State Hospital (Waterbury) |
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Office in Montpelier
11 Loomis Street, Montpelier, Vermont 05602 802.262.2626 Fax: 802.262.2620 E-mail: info@vermonthumanities.org |
