Audrey Shafer
Academic Appointments
- Professor - Med Center Line, Anesthesia
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Administrative Appointments
- Co-Director, Biomedical Ethics & Medical Humanities Scholarly Concentration (2003 - present)
- Faculty, Stanford Center for Biomedical Ethics (2003 - present)
- Staff Anesthesiologist, VA Palo Alto HCS (1989 - present)
Honors and Awards
- Henry J. Kaiser Foundation Award - Outstanding & Innovative Contributions to Medical Education, Stanford University School of Medicine (2007)
Professional Education
| AB: | Harvard University, Biochemistry (1978) |
| MD: | Stanford University, Medicine (1983) |
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Research Interests
literature and medicine, humanistic aspects of medicine and anesthesia care, language and medicine, communication, medical humanities, ethics of anesthesia care, creative writing
Publications
- "It blew my mind": exploring the difficulties of anesthesia informed consent through narrative. Anesthesiology. 2009; (3): 445-6
- Feeding...being fed: poetry and commentary. J Med Humanit. 2009; (2): 135-41
- Bridging science and poetry: a commentary on Nan Cohen's "Rope Bridge" Academic Medicine. 2007: 804-5
- I must tell you in a poem: poetry and commentary. J Med Humanit. 2007; (3): 173-80
- Always a surprise, even a wonder: poetry and commentary. J Med Humanit. 2007; (2): 105-14
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