Humanities as critical medicine: the necessary practice of uncertainty, adaptability, and discovery
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Dr. Jay Baruch presented for the 15th annual Richard B. Davis, MD, PhD, History of Medicine Lecture, hosted by the McGoogan Health Sciences Library. Dr. Baruch’s lecture, “Humanities as critical medicine: the necessary practice of uncertainty, adaptability, and discovery” encompassed his more than 30 years as an ER physician and the emotions, difficult choices and moral challenges he has experienced.
As a practicing ER physician for over thirty years, Dr. Baruch has learned that caring for patients can feel like swimming in choppy waters teeming with uncertainty, crests of emotions, difficult choices and moral challenges. He also discovered how bridging disciplines with skills from his other life as a writer and his humanities-and arts-based work have been critical clinical tools in his practice and informed his “accidental” academic career. The humanities provide sharp navigational tools for explorations into those messy spaces where medical data and decision-making tools cannot reach. In his discussion, he will share some personal challenges and offer examples of how the arts and humanities and learning from people who think differently are necessary in a changing health care system.
Publication Date
4-17-2024
Disciplines
Arts and Humanities | Medicine and Health Sciences
Recommended Citation
Baruch, Jay, "Humanities as critical medicine: the necessary practice of uncertainty, adaptability, and discovery" (2024). Richard B. Davis, MD, PhD, History of Medicine Lectureship. 4.
https://digitalcommons.unmc.edu/davis/4