Topics in Nonfiction: Bearing Witness to Trauma

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Course Title

Topics in Nonfiction: Bearing Witness to Trauma

Course Level

Undergraduate (BA, BS)
Continuing health professional education (CME, CNE, etc.)

Instructor Name

Peter Trachtenberg

Course Topics

Bioethics/Narrative Ethics
Body/Embodiment
Burnout/ Moral distress
Death and Dying/End-of-Life/Hospice
Empathy/Compassion/Trust
Epidemics/Pandemics
Health Professions Education
Illness Experience/Patient Narratives
Immigration/Refugees
Incarceration/Prisons
Literature/Poetry/Creative Writing
Narrative medicine
Pain/Suffering
Religion/Spirituality
Violence/Domestic violence/Gun violence

Disciplinary Perspectives

Classical Studies
Creative Writing
English
Ethics/Bioethics
Literature/Literary Studies

Geographic Location

Pittsburgh, PA

Instructional Modality

hybrid

Institutional Location

University of Pittsburgh

Title

Topics in Nonfiction: Bearing Witness to Trauma