CFP: Literature and Medicine (4/8/06; SAMLA, 11/10/06-11/12/06)
South Atlantic Modern Language Association
SAMLA 2006
November 10-12, 2006
Charlotte, North Carolina
Special Session: Literature and Medicine
The purpose of this panel is to examine the ways=20
in which medical issues, medical professionals,=20
and people suffering from disease and illness are=20
depicted in literature (of any era), film and=20
television. The focus of the panel is=20
intentionally broad in order to accommodate=20
diverse topics, including the following:
=ADimages of illness, healing and the healer
=ADquestions of biomedical ethics
=ADbio-technology
=ADsocio-cultural implications of specific diseases
=ADteaching literature and medicine