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Thursday Review: “‘Spanish Flu’: When Infectious Disease Names Blur Origins and Stigmatize Those Infected”

As important as any given fact is, it may be more important to notice what we’re being asked to do with the information. In the American Journal of Public Health, Trevor Hoppe uses the simple fact that there is nothing inherently Spanish about the “Spanish flu” to talk about the rhetoric of naming diseases. It […]

June 11, 2020By meaningwell History, Thursday Review 1918 flu pandemic, Ebola, HIV, pandemic, public health, The Plague

The Examined Life Conference 2017

The Examined Life Conference is a gathering for the medical humanities hosted by The University of Iowa’s Carver College of Medicine. The conference is focused mainly on the intersection of writing and medicine, and is cross-pollinated with the literary chops of organizations like The Iowa Writers’ Workshop and The Iowa Review. Dr. David Thoele, the […]

October 20, 2017By meaningwell Events, Personal 3-Minute Mental Makeover, Buddhism, creative writing, journaling, medical education, medical humanities, memoir, rare books, self narrative, The Examined Life Conference, The Plague, transpersonal psychology, trauma