Facilitator: Maren Batalden, M.D.
Hospital Liaisons: Theresa Freis, Children's Hospital Ethics Office
Day and Time: Fourth Thursdays, January – June 2004
Session 1: January 22*
Patient-Provider Relationships
William Carlos Williams, “The Use of Force” (short story) from The Doctor Stories
Kim Dayton, Procedures (short story)
Susan Mates, “Laundry” (short story) from The Good Doctor
Theodore Deppe, “Admission, Children’s Unit” (poem) from Between the Heartbeats
Courtney Davis, “The Body Flute” (poem) from Between the Heartbeats
Session 2: February 26*
Illness and Identity
Lucy Grealy, The Autobiography of a Face (memoir)
Selection from Arthur Frank, “At the Will of the Body” (essay)
Session 3: March 25*
Making Meaning
Martha Beck, Expecting Adam (memoir)
Mitchell Zuckoff, Choosing Naia (memoir)
Lorrie Moore, “People Like That Are the Only People Here” (short story) from Birds of America
Session 4: April 22
Grief and Healing
Tillie Olson, “I Stand Here Ironing” (short story) from Tell Me a Riddle
Raymond Carver, “A Small, Good Thing” (short story) from A Life in Medicine
Anton Chekov, “Misery” (short story)
Rafael Campo, “El Curandero” (poem) from Blood & Bone
Linda Pastan, “The Five Stages of Grief” (poem)
Judy Schaefer, “Who Owns the Libretto” (poem) from Between the Heartbeats
Jeanne LeVasseur, “Danny Boy” (poem) from Between the Heartbeats
Session 5: May 27
Health and Community
Toni Morrison, The Bluest Eye (novel)
Selections from Veneta Masson, Rehab at the Florida Avenue Grill (poetry)
David Hilfiker, from “Not All of Us Are Saints” (essay) from A Life in Medicine
Jack Coulehan, “Shall Inherit” (poem)
Session 6: June 24
Crossing Cultures
Anne Fadiman, The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down (novel)
* In general, assume the snow date to be the following Thursday.
