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When medicine meets literature

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Rita Charon, a professor of clinical medicine at Columbia University's College of Physicians and Surgeons , is seeking to improve the relationship between physicians and patients using literature and writing. Her goal is to make doctors more empathetic by getting them to develop sophisticated listening skills.

Colleges & Universities, Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools, Management dynamics, Executive changes & profiles, Colleges and universities, Management, Officials and employees, Universities and colleges, Company business management, Charon, Rita, Columbia University. College of Physicians and Surgeons

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Aborted thinking

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Public health is threatened by reenacting the 17-year old global gag rule, officially called the Mexico City Policy, which was the first order of President presidency. Abortion-providing centers, women's health organizations, physicians and European allies will not receive family-planning money from the U.S.

Laws, regulations and rules, Finance, Services, Social policy, Presidents, Presidents (Government), Public health, Bush, George W., Abortion, United States. Agency for International Development, Family planning services

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The ascent of scent

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Psychologist Rachel S. Herz is a pioneer in research on the relationships among odor, memory and emotion. Her work indicates that odor is strongly linked with memory, particularly memory of emotion rather than fact. Her life and career are profiled.

Psychological aspects, Research, Biography, Memory, Smell, Odors, Odours, Herz, Rachel S.

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