Discussion Essays

Danielle Ofri’s Top Ten Articles for Discussion Groups

Need a short, provocative essay to prompt discussion with your students, staff, or book group members? Here are Danielle Ofri’s Top Ten (okay, maybe it’s 12). From the New York Times, the Lancet, and a few other interesting journals.

No One to Grieve	Why Would Anyone Become a Doctor?	Music and Medicine
On Being a “Provider”	Chekhov & Public Health	Humanizing Medicine
Doctors and Computers	Euphemisms for Death	Ethics of Writing About Patients
What is “Quality” in Health Care?	Stereotyping Patients	Doctors at Funerals