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“The Physician as
Novelist –
Why Stories Still
Matter in Medicine”
On December 3rd, as part of the St.
Michael’s Brown Bag Lunch, Jason Karlawish,
a physician and author, will speak
on why, in this new age of data driven medicine,
stories still matter. Dr. Karlawish, a
Professor of Medicine, Medical Ethics and
Health Policy at the University of Pennsylvania,
is an internationally recognized expert
in ethics and policy and is among the
leaders in examining how we diagnose and
treat common diseases of aging such as
Alzheimers disease. He is the author of the
critically acclaimed novel Open Wound:
The Tragic Obsession of Dr. William Beaumont.
Hailed by the New York Times as “a
marvelous new book,” the story examines
how the seemingly dispassionate life of the
physician and scientist is in fact as a passionate
as the artist, explorer, or adventurer.
Numbers are everywhere. They tell us
who are the winners and losers, what to buy
and what to sell, who is an honor student.
They even tell us if we are healthy. The
“Know Your Numbers” campaign urge diabetics
to follow blood tests. RealAge will
calculate how old you really are. PSA’s, and
the good and bad cholesterols engender
years of treatment and follow-up. Mathematical
medicine seems the new medicine.
Numbers rule our lives. Once upon a time,
a doctor’s core skill was taking a careful
history of a patient’s present illness. But in
this new world of medicine, is this art of the
history still essential? Or might we require
doctors who are skilled at running the numbers?
The Friends of the Library are sponsors
of the speaker series and everyone is
invited to bring lunch and enjoy coffee and
dessert provided by the library. All library
programs are free and open to the public.
For more information you can check the library
website at www.tcfl.org or call (410)
745-5877.
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