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According to the art: Here are excerpts from the novel So Much For That, extending or elaborating on classic biomedical explanations of what people experience with familial dysautonomia.
According to the art: The novel explores the nature of illness and medical research, reasons perpetrators and their apologists can offer to reconcile pedophilia with normal behavior, the wisdom of pursuing medical technologies to extend age well beyond current limits, and whether the failing mind results from a disease process or the normal course of aging.
Projects So That I Can Say More
According to the art: Reading the 1925 novel Arrowsmith during the 2020 coronavirus pandemic reveals many parallels that can make us wonder if the outcomes of pandemics will forever be determined by the contest between human folly versus rational and organized application of scientific methods, public health principles, and public administration fundamentals.
According to the art: The book is about estrogen from the 1890s until the early 2000s. Covered is the evolution of estrogen use, and how over time it affected feminism, pharmaceutical promotion, patient advocacy, patient information, conceptions of menopause, evidence standards, cultural shifts, and media influences.
According to the art: The movie is a portrait of profound sadness and grief that allows for no way to a happier state. But, it also shows the indomitable human spirit can still be at work under the bleakest of circumstances and darkest of times.
According to the art: Two movies explore the effects of reason and emotion on people being asked to assist in ending the life of someone they love.
According to the art: This documentary covers the special unit for AIDS patients at San Francisco General Hospital from its inception in 1983 to its closure twenty years later. Social and political issues related to gay rights and AIDS activism are given attention. While the unit was a success, it didn’t always go well and the staff had to overcome internal and external challenges until treatment advances made the unit no longer necessary.
Projects So That I Can Say More
According to the art: A classic biomedical description of a grand mal seizure is compared to literary descriptions of the same in two novels.
According to the art: A true story of a married couple in the early 20th century seeking gender reassignment surgery offers insights on empathy and on the lengthy arc medical advances and social movements must travel before they are accepted.
According to the art: Art genres can be fused for various purposes. I use the play The Height of the Storm as an example of when a dramatic play can be written in the jazz idiom.