Gold Humanism Honor Society

Humanism Café Archives

In order to promote and cultivate a culture that values and practices humanism in medicine, individuals need time to reflect and have discussions with peers. The Humanism Cafés are opportunities to discuss and reflect on topics in humanism.

Each session begins with a general theme, reading, and/or story by a student facilitator. This is an archive of readings offered at the start of recent sessions of the biweekly Humanism Café. Check the calendar for the next Café session.

2010 Archives

• Letting Go by Atul Gawande, concerning end of life issues (from The New Yorker)
• 81 WordsThis American Life podcast concerning the DSM and homosexuality (from National Public Radio)
• Hektoen International, the University of Chicago's medical humanities journal
• The Beard (from the 2008/2009 Yale Writer's Workshop)
• Thinking Outside the Box (winner of the 2006 Gold Humanism Essay Award)