Visions and Voices
Thursday, April 30, 2020 at 4:00-5:00 p.m.
Rita Charon is a general internist, literary scholar, and the originator of the field of narrative medicine. In an engaging lecture, Charon will reflect on her pioneering work in researching and demonstrating the value of storytelling in the healing of physical, emotional, and social wounds. Her message and practice of narrative medicine will fascinate and inspire physicians, nurses, social workers, mental-health professionals, chaplains, academics, and all those interested in the intersection between narrative and medicine and how to improve the effectiveness of healthcare.