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Medical Humanities
  1. About
  2. People
    1. Core Faculty
      1. Director of Undergraduate Research and Scholarship: Timothy Newfield, Ph.D.
      2. Founding Director: Lakshmi Krishnan, MD, Ph.D.
    2. Affiliate Faculty
    3. Steering Committee
    4. Visiting Scholars
    5. Staff
  3. Education
    1. The Minor
    2. Courses
    3. Medical Humanities Journeys Core Curriculum
    4. Student Class Projects
      1. 2024-2025 Senior Capstone Projects
      2. 2023-2024 Senior Capstone Projects
      3. View Introduction to Medical Humanities Student Projects (Fall 2023)
      4. Introduction to Medical Humanities Student Unessay Projects (Fall 2021)
    5. Capstones
    6. Frequently Asked Questions
  4. Perspectives
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    1. Research Resources Guide
    2. Undergraduate Research
    3. Faculty Publication Compendium
    4. Fellows Database
      1. 2020-2021 Medical Humanities Research Fellows
      2. 2021-2022 Medical Humanities Research Fellows
      3. 2022-2023 Medical Humanities Research Fellows
      4. 2023-2024 Medical Humanities Research Fellows
      5. 2024-2025 Medical Humanities Research Fellows
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Confessions of a Good Samaritan

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We joined Georgetown’s Film and Media Studies Program for a screening of “Confessions of a Good Samaritan” and Q&A with its director Penny Lane. The film explores the nature of altruism through the director’s decision to donate her kidney to a stranger.

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Spring 2024
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