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'Compassion and Art of Medicine' Series Begins
Baylor College of Medicine's department of family and community medicine presents this series with a grant from The Community Hospital Foundation Inc. and sponsorship from Park Plaza Warwick Hotel.
Admission is free and open to the public, but seating is limited.
Most of the lectures and performances begin at noon in Baylor's McMillian Auditorium, followed by a question-and-answer session at 1 p.m. This year's series also includes a half-day workshop on complementary and alternative medicine and a movie night centered around a showing of the film "The English Patient."
For more information, call Melodie Clemmons at 713-798-7751.
- Sept. 4: Gail Smith
The founder of Health and Wellness - The Alternative Way and a certified Reiki healer, Gail Smith conducts workshops on the health benefits of meditation, tai chi, qi quong and reflexology. A breast cancer survivor, Smith wrote Rainbow Behind the Storm: A Motivational Book for Breast Cancer Patients.
- Sept. 11: Dr. Bernie Siegel
Dr. Bernie Siegel is the author of Love, Medicine and Miracles and How To Live Between Office Visits. He advocates that medical students meet an actual patient the first day of medical school, spend two weeks in bed to feel what it's like to be a patient, and attend a healing service to witness the power of hope and faith.
- Sept. 11: Complementary and Alternative Medicine Workshop(1:30-4 p.m.)
This workshop will be taught by John Coon and George Hu. Coon is founder and director of the Yoga Center of Houston. He has studied in the Vivekananda Kendra Research Center in Bangalore, India, and in the Ayurvedic Institute in Albuquerque. Hu teaches tai chi, pa kua, hsing I, chi kung and acupressure in Houston. He has studied with master teachers in China and Taiwan.
- Sept. 18: Dax Cowart
Blinded and severely burned by a gas explosion in 1973, Dax Cowart was treated against his will. He was the subject of a book, Dax's Case: Essays in Medical Ethics and Human Meaning, and a film, "Please Let Me Die." Cowart has helped shape the modern understanding of patients' right to informed consent.
- Oct. 16: Movie Night with Dr. John Fellers and "The English Patient" 6-10 p.m.)
Dr. John Fellers is executive director of the Institute of Religion in the Texas Medical Center. He will discuss A Nurse's Story: The Model of Compassion Revealed in 'The English Patient.'" A viewing of the film and further discussion will follow. Dr. Fellers wrote Getting To Know a Loving God and Secrets for Successful Living.
- Oct. 23: Kathy Cronkite
Actress Kathy Cronkite is the author of On the Edge of Darkness: Conversations about Depression. As one of the millions who has suffered from depression, she is a tireless champion for treatment to end the social stigma associated with the disease. Cronkite appeared in the classic film "Network."
- Oct. 30: Kathleen Cambor
Kathleen Cambor is director of the creative writing program at the University of Houston. Her novel, The Book of Mercy, tells the story of a father and daughter deprived of the love of their wife and mother, respectively. The daughter finds herself after entering medical school and becoming a psychiatrist.
- Nov. 6: Andy Thornton
Homeless for 20 years, Andy Thornton turned to poetry as a means of self-therapy. Recently diagnosed and treated for attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder, Thornton now lives in his own apartment but is still known around town as "Houston's poet of the streets."
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